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Input 4
Survey and Questionnaire
Survey – Why and When?

• Primary data for a research on a

specific purpose
• Applied for all research types:
exploratory, descriptive and causal
 Questionnaire
• flexible in what they can measure
• We can classify data in two ways,
Subjective vs. Objective and
Quantitative vs. Qualitative.
 Process
1. Review Research topic, questions and
purpose
2. Identify needs for information (What? How
much?)
3. Decide on the best form: questionnaire (mail,
field, online), interview (direct, telephone)
4. Decide on the target respondents:
categories, number
 Process
5. Design questions
6. Test – Adjust
7. Carry out survey (collect data)
8. Analyze data (computer aids)
9. Present outcomes (oral and written)
 Types of questions

• Open (can give any answer) vs Closed

(must choose from a list)
• Subjective (opinion, good/bad) vs
Objective (information)
 Format of a
Questionnaire
• Introduction
– The research
– The way to give answer
– Commitment for confidentiality
• Questions
• Thanks
 Format of questions
• What do you think about fast food?............
• How often do you eat fast food? (please tick the
option of your choice)
ƀonce a week ƀ3 times a week ƀonce a month
• What do you think about fast food? (Please
circle the number representing your opinion)
1 2 3 4 5
Awful Tasty
What do good questions look
like?

• Short, clear and direct

• With simple words
• And simple grammar
To write good questions
 Don’t use two negative
words
• Rewrite the following questions:
Do you disagree with the new law that
bans karaoke bars?

Please agree or disagree: We should

not reduce military spending.
Don’t ask two questions at
one time

• Make better questions from these:

Would you like to be rich and famous?

Do you like TV and films more than

music?
 Is the meaning of all
words clear?
• Why are these bad questions? Rewrite
them.
Do you often go swimming?

Do you have a lot of friends?

How many old people live in your neighborhood?

 Do your questions assume
things?
• Bad: Are you happy with your current
car insurance? Yes No
• Better: Are you satisfied with your
current car insurance?
___ Yes
___ No
___ Don't have car insurance
 Do your questions drive
people’s feeling?
• Rewrite these questions:
Did you enjoy your weekend by going
to KFC?

Do you show respect for your mother

by helping her with the housework?
 Do your questions make people
try to remember too exactly or
do calculations?
• Bad: How many books did you read last year?_______
• Better: How many books did you read last year?
___none, ___ 1-10, ___ 11-25, ___ 26-50, ___ more than
50

• Rewrite this question:

What percentage of your time is spent doing homework?
______
 Now you…
• Work in your group to
– design a questionnaire for your project.
Or
– make the questions that help you find
good data to serve your research
objectives.
 Homework
First draft of your questionnaire by
Thurday Sep 17,09.
• Format:
– Information group 1:
• Question 1
• Question 2
– Information group 2:
• Question 1
• Question 2

For group with interview and data

gathering, send the draft of paper.