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Questionnaire Design, Administration, and Measurement Limitations

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Summary

A questionnaire is a structured way to gather information from people. This lesson introduces what questionnaires are, how they developed, and the kinds of information they can measure.

A questionnaire is a research instrument containing questions or other prompts designed to collect information from respondents, often through a survey or statistical study. Questionnaires commonly combine closed-ended questions, which offer a set of response options, with open-ended questions, which allow respondents to formulate their own answers and explain their thoughts.

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What is a questionnaire?
A research instrument containing questions or prompts designed to collect information from respondents.
What is a separate-variable questionnaire?
A questionnaire that measures distinct variables, such as a preference, behavior, or fact.
What does a scale or index questionnaire measure?
It combines responses to measure a broader concept, such as an attitude, latent trait, or socioeconomic status.
What is an adaptive computerized questionnaire?
A computer-administered questionnaire that selects later items based on earlier answers.
What is systematic measurement error?
A consistent influence that affects answers in a patterned way, such as wording or response-scale effects.

Quiz questions

  1. What qualities should the response options for a closed-ended question have?Answer: They should cover reasonable answers without overlapping.
  2. What does the TRAPD process recommend when translating a questionnaire?Answer: Translation, review, adjudication, pretesting, and documentation.
  3. What is nonresponse bias in questionnaire research?Answer: Returned answers differ from the population's views because response likelihood varies among people.
  4. What should a culturally appropriate questionnaire translation preserve?Answer: The intended meaning and communicative effect in the target cultural context.
  5. What characterizes random measurement error in questionnaire research?Answer: Unintended mistakes by respondents, interviewers, or coders.

Based on the Wikipedia article Questionnaire, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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