Transcript Questionnaire

Prepared By:
Soad Khalil
 A questionnaire is a written or printed form
used in gathering information on some
subject or subjects consisting of a list of
questions to be submitted to one or more
persons.
 The questionnaire is most frequently a very
concise, preplanned set of questions
designed to yield specific information to
meet a particular need for research
information about a pertinent topic. The
research information is attained from
respondents from a related interest area.
 Questionnaires provide a
quantitative method of data
gathering - the evidence, data or
information you find is expressed
in numerical terms.
 The advantage of using a
questionnaire rather than an
interview is that you can reach
large numbers of people more
easily, as you can leave them to
fill in the questionnaire and send
it back to you.
 Feelings
 What do you think of..?
 Behaviour
 Did you participate in the
last protests?
How does --- make you
feel?
--- is the best solution to ---
 How often do you
usually…?
 Do you think there could
be..?
 How would you react
to….?
 How do you feel about our
latest software version?
Yes/No Questions
Did you attend the
last concert?
Did you participate
in any of the school
activities?
Providing the
respondents with
two opposed
options
Ex: Do you think
that the medication
prescribed to your
asthma:
Wo r k s w e l l
1 2
3 4 5 Does not work
Providing the respondents with a set of
items to check/ circle the relevant one
This question type is often used to gather
demographic information or to find out
about a range of issues. Multiple choice
questions can require a single answer or
offer multiple answer selections.
EX. What is your marital status? (Select
one)
a. Single
b. Living with Partner
c. Married
d. Divorced
e. Separated
f. W i d o w e d
Ex: Which car type is more suitable for
your life style currently ?
a . Va n
b. convertible
c. 4x4
d. salon
A set of items is
provided and the
respondents are
asked to order them
according to
importance , merit ,
quality, etc..
 If you are investigating a narrow but deep
subject you may not need to question that
many people; you may be interested in the
opinions and experiences of experts or people
with direct experience, rather than a random
sample.
 If you gather responses from a small number of
people you must make sure that the sample is
as appropriate as possible to your research.
 Larger samples are often employed in
quantitative research. A basic rule of thumb is
that increasing the sample size increases its
reliability.
 Consider non-responses. It is a good idea to
send questionnaires to more people than you
need.
DOS
DONTS

Make sure you introduce yourself and
explain what the aim of the questionnaire
is. Also, make sure the respondent is
aware of the ethical implications of the
research.

Devise your questions so they help to
answer your research question. That way,
all the questions will be relevant.

Try and have a sequence to your questions
or topics - group them in themes and make
sure they follow on logically from each
other.

Make sure your questions
easy to understand.
are
clear
and

Always run a pilot of your questionnaire.
This helps you to test the technical aspect
of the questionnaire, such as whether you
have given the correct answer options or
whether you have left anything out.

Do not ask leading questions. Make sure
people are free to give their own,
honest answer
x What do you think of yesterday’s
disastrous party?

Don’t give overlapping answers.
1 to 3 times a week
x 3 to 5 times a week
x 5 to 7 times a week

Don’t ask double-barrel questions
x What do you think of the
university’s social life and
academic standard?