Questionnaires

Questionnaires

1. Definition

   • It is a tool that provides an efficient way to collect data in a structured and manageable way.

2. Types

   • Closed questions
   • Multiple-choice questions
   • Open-ended questions

3. Issues

   • Maximising response rates.
     • use of a covering letter for your questionnaire
   • Ideal questionnaire length and time to complete
     • a questionnaire should take no more than about twenty minutes to complete
   • Piloting – using a suitable sample group
     • During the piloting stage, you can observe how long it takes respondents to complete the instrument.
   • Stratified sampling
     • Many research projects take the approach of selecting it
   • Web-based questionnaires
     • They are inexpensive to produce

4. Data Analysis

   • the data from questionnaires to be gathered quickly and then presented in a form more useable for subsequent analysis

5. Uses

   • Questionnaires can facilitate the collection of vast amounts of data with minimal effort.
   • Well-designed questionnaires can allow relationships between data to be identified
   • Questionnaires protect respondent anonymity
   • Questionnaires can be used time and time again to measure differences between groups of people

6. Limitations

   • Leading questions
   • Complicated questions
   • Irritating questions
   • Ambiguous or unclear questions