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RESEARCH METHODS RESOURCES ON THE WWW

 

QUESTIONNAIRES

 

Basics of Developing Questionnaires, by Carter McNamara

The Best Questions to Ask

A Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development , by Robert B. Frary

Coding Techniques

Cognitive Issues in Questionnaire Design

Controlling Method Effects in Self-Report Instruments, by Mary E. McLaughlin

Constructing a Questionnaire

Designing Surveys and Questionnaires Tutorial [excellent source]

Formatting a Mail Questionnaire

Guide To The Design Of Questionnaires, [The University of Leeds]

How Long Should a Mail Questionnaire Be?

Influence of Type of Question on Skip Pattern Compliance in Self-Administered Questionnaires, by Don A. Dilman and others

Institute for Research in Social Science Public Opinion Poll Question Database

Leading Questions

Little Things Matter: A Sampler of How Differences in Questionnaire Format  Can Affect Survey Responses

Making Visible the Invisible: An Experiment with Skip Instructions on Paper Questionnaires, by Cleo D. Redline and others

Minimizing Non-Respoinse in a Mail Survey

On the Documentation and Analysis of Electronic Questionnaires, by Jelke Bethlehem and Anco Hundepool

Open and Closed Questions

Personality Tests on the WWW

Principles of Questionnaire Construction

The Question Bank

A Question of Priorities - Advantages of Forced Choice Items

Questionnaire Design - 1 [click on link for PowerPoint presentation]

Questionnaire Design - 2 [click on link for Word or pdf file]

Questionnaire Design - 3

Questionnaire Design - 4 [chapter 12] file=M35012.pdf

Questionnaire Design: Asking Questions with a Purpose

Questionnaire Design -- Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System [you'd be amazed at what they have. Their PDF questionnaire guides are well worth downloading]

Questionnaires, Chapter from Know Your Audience

Relating Questionnaire Design to Survey Accuracy and Response Rate With RGI, by S. James Press and
Judith M. Tanur

Some Issues in Question Construction, by Susan Carol Losh

Survey Design Considerations: Recommendations for Writing Effective Questionnaires

Survey Instruments in IS

Survey Questionnaire Construction

Taxonomy of Socratic Questioning

Using Reinterview Methods to Design and Evaluate Survey Questions, by Jeremy Morton and others

U.S. Census Bureau: Demographic Surveys [follow links for questionnaires and methodologies]

The Value of Negativity, by John FitzGerald

Writing Options for Mail Questionnaires

Writing Questions for Mail Questionnaires