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Dr. N. Audinarayana
Professor & Head,
Dept. of Sociology & Population Studies
Director, School of Social Science
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore – 641 046
E-Mail: audinarayana.bu@gmail.com
Schedule Vs Questionnaire
Schedule and questionnaires are the most common
instruments of data collection
Both have set of questions logically related to a problem
Aim at eliciting responses from the respondents
Content, Response Structure, the Wordings of
Questions, Question Sequence, etc. are the same
Then Why Different Terms?
Sch. is a tool for interviewing
Que. is used for mailing
Sch. is filled by the interviewer in a face-to-face
interviewing
Que. is filled in by the respondent himself
The process of Construction
The process of construction of a schedule and a questionnaire
is almost same; expect some minor difference in mechanics.
This process is not a matter of simply listing questions that
comes to researcher’s mind.
It is a rational process involving much time, effort and
thought. It consists of the following major steps:
- Data need Determination
- Preparation of ‘Dummy’ tables
- Determination of the Respondents’ Level
- Data gathering method decision
- Instrument Drafting,
- Evaluation of the Draft Instrument
- Pre-testing
- Specifications of Procedures / Instructions
- Designing the Format
Question Construction
Both are Useful for collecting various types of
information –
Psychological Information:
Attitudes, Opinions, Beliefs and Expectations
Behavioural Information like Social participation
Once the information needed is determined,
we have to concentrate on:
- Question Relevance and Content
- Question Wording
- Types of Questions
- Type of Questions to be Avoided
- Question Order or Sequence
Mechanics of the Schedule / Questionnaire
In addition to question wording and question
construction, the mechanics of the form should
also be considered in the design of a schedule/
questionnaire.