Transcript Questionnaire Construction Guidelines

Questionnaire
Construction
Guidelines
C/IL 102
Dr. Beidler
Questionnaire Construction
 Avoiding
human subjects issues
 Types of responses to questions
 Demographic questions
 QMS
Human Subjects
 You
cannot ask questions regarding a
person’s preferences, desires, and
interests on delicate or private matters
– How much booze do you drink each night?
– Are you straight, bi, or gay?
– What is your drug of choice?
Human Subjects
 You
can ask them what they think
– How many beers do you think a typical
sophomore drinks on weekend?
– What percentage of the University do
you think is straight?
– What do you believe is the college
student drug of choice?
Types of Responses
Easy Analysis
 Radio Buttons
Hard Analysis
 Text Boxes
Exactly one response
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Check Boxes
Many responses (none to
all)
Small free form response
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Text Areas
Large free form response
Types of Responses
 Radio
responses
– You want most of your questions to have this
type of response
– Select exactly one of two or more choices
– Example:
 Yes
| No
 Female | Male
 Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | Other
 Scaled: Terrible | Bad | OK | Good | Great
Scales of 5 choices seem to work best.
Types of Responses
 Check
box responses
– You may want to have some of these
– Choose zero or more from a list
– May include others options.
– Examples:
 List
of sports
 List of foods
 Include others so the client can fill in the
sports you forgot
Types of Responses
 Free
form responses
– Text box
 Space
for a word or phrase
– Text area
 Space
for an extended response
 Useful in a real questionnaire as a space for
detailed responses
 Keep
these types of responses to a
minimum
– Hard to quantify.
Demographic Questions
Questions that quantify your audience
 Demographics provide a standard for
measuring other responses.
 Use radio responses
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Gender
Class
College
Home state
– Age [Radio groups <18
[18,19] …
– Avoid race, religion, …
– Don’t forget others
Choose a few of these that are
appropriate for your questionnaire.
Using QMS
 Building
a questionnaire
– Initialize
 Title
 Brief
description
– Build/Edit
 Finalize
 Populate
 Analyze
QMS
Team Formation
Title : Abstract : Team members : Create Form
Team Formation
 All
errors during team formation will
significantly reduce the grade for
that part of the assignment for all
team members. NO EXCEPTIONS
 The Abstract: A couple of sentences
that provide a basic overview and
might entice people to complete your
questionnaire.
Building A Questionnaire
 Add
entries one at a time
– Select type of entry with radio button on
the left
– Fill in corresponding information on the
right
– Submit addition
Building A Questionnaire
 Add
entries one at a time
– Select type of entry with radio button on
the left
– Fill in corresponding information on the
right
– Submit addition
Building A Questionnaire
 Five
types of entries
– Statements
 For
inserting explanations and directions
– Radio Button Group
– Check box group
– Text box
– Text area
Building A Questionnaire
Building A Questionnaire
Building A Questionnaire
 As
items are added a sample of the
questionnaire appears at the top of
the page
 Questions may be moved around or
deleted
Building A Questionnaire
Building A Questionnaire
 No
one can access your
questionnaire while you are editing
 It must finalized to be made
available.
Building A Questionnaire
Using QMS
 Once
your questionnaire is finalized
then others can reply to it
 Email your friends
– Have them email their friends
 Have
them email their friends
– Have them email their friends
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