Surveys and Questionnaire Design

2010 ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine T. Midanik ◽  
Krista Drescher-burke
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona S. M. Schulte ◽  
Leandre R. Fabrigar ◽  
Nancy A. Remington ◽  
Penny S. Visser

2021 ◽  
pp. 147078532098679
Author(s):  
Kylie Brosnan ◽  
Bettina Grün ◽  
Sara Dolnicar

Survey data quality suffers when respondents have difficulty completing complex tasks in questionnaires. Cognitive load theory informed the development of strategies for educators to reduce the cognitive load of learning tasks. We investigate whether these cognitive load reduction strategies can be used in questionnaire design to reduce task difficulty and, in so doing, improve survey data quality. We find that this is not the case and conclude that some of the traditional survey answer formats, such as grid questions, which have been criticized in the past lead to equally good data and do not frustrate respondents more than alternative formats.


1975 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (5-7) ◽  
pp. 623-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sholom Wacholder ◽  
Raymond J. Carroll ◽  
David Pee ◽  
Mitchell H. Gail

1968 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1029
Author(s):  
William L. Nichols ◽  
A. N. Oppenheim

2022 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 107071
Author(s):  
Beatriz González-Alzaga ◽  
Antonio F. Hernández ◽  
L. Kim Pack ◽  
Ivo Iavicoli ◽  
Hanna Tolonen ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Carmen María León ◽  
Eva Aizpurúa ◽  
David Vázquez

RESUMENEl diseño visual de los cuestionarios puede afectar a la calidad de los datos obtenidos, especialmente cuando se formulan preguntas abiertas donde los encuestados responden con sus propias palabras. En este trabajo se analizan los efectos de manipular el tamaño del espacio proporcionado para la respuesta en un conjunto de preguntas abiertas incluidas en un cuestionario auto-administrado sobre opiniones hacia la administración de justicia en España. Para ello se recurrió a un experimento split-ballot, dividiendo la muestra (N = 100) en dos mitades equivalentes que recibieron dos cuestionarios con el mismo contenido, pero con diferentes tamaños de campo de respuesta (pequeño y grande) en 16 preguntas abiertas. Los resultados muestran que los participantes que recibieron campos de texto grandes escribieron un mayor número de palabras en sus respuestas. Sin embargo, la manipulación en el campo de texto no influyó en 1) el número de temas abordados; ni en 2) el tiempo empleado para cumplimentar los cuestionarios. Sobre la base ABSTRACTThe visual design of questionnaires can affect the quality of the data obtained, especially when asking open-ended questions that respondents answer in their own words. In this paper, we analyze the effects of manipulating the size of the text boxes provided for answers to a set of open-ended questions in a self-administered questionnaire about opinions of the Criminal Justice system in Spain. For this, a split-ballot experiment was conducted dividing the sample (N = 100) into two equivalent halves. One half received questionnaires with small box sizes for the answers to the 16 open-ended questions while the other half received questionnaires with larger box sizes. The content on the questionnaires was the same. The results showed that those participants who received larger text boxes provided longer answers. However, manipulation of the text box did not influence 1) the number of issues addressed; or 2) response times. The results and their implications for questionnaire design are discussed.


Author(s):  
M. V. Danilchuk

The present research considers crowdsourcing as a method of linguistic experiment. The paper features an experiment with the following algorithm: 1) problem statement, 2) development, 3) and questionnaire testing. The paper includes recommendations on crowdsourcing project organization, as well as some issues of respondents’ motivation, questionnaire design, choice of crowdsourcing platform, data export, etc. The linguistic experiment made it possible to obtain data on the potential of the phonosemantic analysis in solving naming problems in marketing. The associations of the brand name designer matched those of the majority of the Internet pannellists. The experiment showed that crowdsourcing proves to be an available method within the network society. It gives an opportunity to receive objective data and demonstrates high research capabilities. The described procedure of the crowdsourcing project can be used in various linguistic experiments.


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