Questionnaire tips... Simple tips that most people forget!!

Hello everybody, today we will share with you some tips when constructing a questionnaire. the key is to remember:

How well you create your questionnaire effects the Quality and the Response Rate of your study!! So do take these simple tips when creating your questionnaire:

• Be SENSITIVE: Most questionnaires ask many sensitive questions that can make the respondents not wanting to answer the question, or even the WHOLE QUESTIONNAIRE! Ok... if you really want to ask, you could promise confidentiality, however not everyone will trust you. Some examples of insensitive questions are:

• What is your phone number? (address, identification number etc)
• Are you a supporter of this political party?
• What do you feel about this race?

• PRESENTS!: Sometimes it is good to give presents to the respondents whom spent some time in answering your survey. It can be something simple such as giving a pen to the respondent, and letting them keep it as a token of gratitude.

• SHORT: Seriously? do you really need to ask so many questions? Some questionnaires we have seen go up to 30-50 pages! that is almost a thesis itself.. A fact is that people tend to get bored after 7-10 minutes of answering questions. So please ask questions that are truly important to reach your research objectives!

• SIMPLICITY: This is also a common mistake too. Many people tend to use very fancy words and make really long sentences when they ask a question. The key is to use at the most 20 words in a question. the best is about 10 to 15 words. It takes alot of skill and experience to ask something in a short precise way ^.^ Here is an example, I will let you decide which is better..

There you go! not to bad to follow right? There are many more tips though.. If you need help in constructing your own questionnaire...

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Types of Questions in a Questionnaire

Hi Everyone,

This week we will share with you the type of questions commonly used in a questionnaire. It is important that you use the correct type of question to get the most accurate and reliable answers from your respondents.

FIRST: Demographic Questions: These are questions that asks the personal details of the respondents. Some examples are:

1. Gender
2. Age
3. Race
4. Occupation
5. Marital Status

*Something to remember: Not everybody is comfortable to share their personal details with you, and they have the right to refuse answering these questions.   

SECOND: Single Answer Questions: These questions are questions that the  respondents need to select 1 answer only. Below is an example:



THIRD: Multiple Response Questions: As the name implies, these questions allow the respondents to select more than 1 answer:
                       

FOURTH: Open-Ended Questions: In these types of questions the respondent has the freedom to write what he/she wants when answering the question:

       

FIFTH: Rating Questions (Likert Scale): These questions will prompt the respondent with a message, and the respondents will rate how much they agree or disagree with the message:

SIXTH: Ranking Questions: This type of question requires the respondent to rank a group of items from lowest to highest:

                        

Thats about it. There are many more designs, but these are the more common questions. They are simple,

easy to understand and answer, and the data can also be analysed quickly and effectively. 

If you need an effective questionnaire that maximizes the response rate, and the quality of the data, we can design a questionnaire just for you.

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A brief intro, on what we can offer..

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