what is a question survey

[...]... often? Avoid leading - Are you against the Questions withdrawal of the local bus service - Have you been to the movies within the last month? - What is you opinion on the withdrawer of the local bus service? Are you for it, against it or not concerned Ask just one question at a time - Do you use the local park, a Do you use the local park? and if so what do you think b what do you think of facilities... are less likely to cause offence Layout questionnaires - Layout the questions in a way that the interviewer and the interviewee can follow all instructions and provide answers to all questions easily •Test out the questionnaire on a few people A pilot survey provides the opportunity to change the wording of questions or layout of questionnaire •Enable to find out how long it takes to compete the questionnaire... wherever possible •Avoid ambiguity(i.e use very clear, direct language) •Avoid leading questions( where the answer is imply the question) •Ask only one question at one time(i.e avoid multi-purpose question: Example: Principle Use simple language Bad example - How regularly are you a passenger on local Improved version - How often do you use the local bus public transport service? Avoid ambiguity - Do you... facilities of its facility in the local park? Introductory Remarks It is necessary to inform the potential respondent about: • the nature and purpose of survey •The name of the organization responsible for the survey (eg: a school) •The confidentiality of the data Ex: Hello, we are from St Antony’s school and we are conducting a survey on people’ reaction to the PTA’s proposal to withdraw the number 66... -A pre-coded question is one where the respondent is offered a range of answer, or opinion to choose from Ex: What sort of trip do you use the bus for? A Going to work B going to school/college/uni C shopping D Leisure e Others Ordering questions • Start with easy questions • Start with relevant questions Eg: Survey is about transport, begin with questions about transport • personal questions (dialing... High Captive group Respondent • All possible techniques •The concepts and variables involved •The relationships being investigated • Wording of questions • Introductory remarks • Pre-coded versus open-ended questions • Factual questions versus opinions and attitudes •Ordering of questions •Lay out and design of questionnaires Wording of questions: Principles The researcher should: •Use simple language... 66 bus service Would you mind answering a few questions? It will take just a few minutes and your answer will be kept conditional Pre-coded and open-ended questions: -An open-ended question is one where the interviewer asks a question without any prompting of the range of the answer to be expected Ex: How often have you personality used the Number 66bus service in the last month? Number of times: -Go... compete the questionnaire Sample Size: The number of respondents in a survey larger the number of respondents, the greater the chance that they will fully present the whole population Ex: In most project, a sample at least 50 would be desirable, and 100 would be even better: Selecting a sample: Should include all types of people, different ranges ages, ethnic groups ect Random Sampling: Selecting the... respondents so that all members of the population have an equal chance of being selected: Ex: if interviewing people who live in a particular street, we should not interview only people whom you know we should make sure that you conduct the survey on whoever answer he door and at different times during the day, and at weekends Write out an interviewers’ brief for everyone involved the survey to follow...• Characteristics of the six types of survey Respondent or Time and Type of survey Interviewer Completion Sample Effort Possible Response length of questionnaire rate Household Either Hight Whole population Long High Street Interviewer Medium Most of the population Short Medium Telephone Interviewer Medium People with telephone Short High Mail Respondent Low General or special Varies Low On-site . that the sample is then representative of the population. Eg: A study on a number of people using fast food in a quater.  A representative sample of a population has similar characteristics. local park, a. Do you use the local park? question at a time and if so what do you think b. what do you think of facilities of its facility in the local park? Introductory Remarks It is necessary. spend learning English? A survey on people’s attitude to study English  A pilot survey: is a test run of a survey using a small group of people. Eg: A test run of using Power Point in a class