Learning and Evaluation/Archive/Learning modules/Designing Effective Questions index
Part 1: Introduction
- Welcome!
- Why Survey?
- Why Surveys Are Useful
- Types of information
- Attributes - a special case
- Survey Objective and Planning
Part 2: Reliability & Validity
Part 3: Question Construction
- Writing Good Questions
- Questions from Existing Surveys
- Constructing your own Questions
- Be Specific
- Be Concise
- Avoid Double Negatives
- Minimize Social Desirability Bias
- Avoid Double-barreled questions
- Avoid abbreviations, jargon, technical terms, or slang
- Avoid leading questions
- Avoid loaded questions
- Use appropriate wording
- Ask useful questions
- Rely on second-hand data sparsely
- Use caution when asking personal questions
Part 4: Response Options
- Question types
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Dichotomous pairs
- Multiple choice
- Check all that apply
- Ranking
- Scales
- Choosing response options
Part 5: Questionnaire structure