Class 11

For our next session, please read chapter 8 "Designing and administering
questionnaires". (Bell, 2010).
DESIGNING AND ADMINISTERING QUESTIONNAIRES

Pasos para disear un cuestionario.

1. Have all preliminar work as planning and what do you need find out ,is
in this moment when you know
2. When you have all preliminary work over what do you need find out you
decide if an questionnaire is suitable for the purpose and for collecting
information. For that reason is important to design a good questionnaire
for the analysis and interpretation stage.
3. Is a better way of collecting information.
4. It is harder to produce really good questionnaires.
5. Design a questionnaire require discipline in the selection of questions, in
question writing, in the design, piloting, distribution and return of the
questionnaires (Oppenheim 1992: 1)
6. In design stage we should think, how responses will be analyzed, not
after questionnaire is returned.
Exactly what do you need to find out?( exactamente que necesitas
saber.)
To decide which questions you need to ask, is necessary go back hypothesis
and objectives.
-The questions are made according the hypothesis and objectives. For that, you
write possible questions on cards or pieces of paper. that it aid ordering at a
later stage.
-Avoid the ambiguity, to ensure that subjects understand exactly what you are
asking, also to classify and analysis the responses.
Time spent on preparation will save many hours of work later on

Question types.
Eltipo de pregunta tiene sus ventajas y desventajas. We to be as sure as you
can be that each item in your questionnaire will produce the information you
need
1. Verbal/ Open
-Responses to verbal questions can produce useful information but analysis
can present
Problems.
 - Well-structured questions will not present so many problems at the
analysis stage.
2. List
A list of items is offered, any of which may be selected.
For example, a question may ask about qualifications and the respondent may
have several of the qualifications listed.

3. Category
The response is one only of a given set of categories. For example, if age
categories are provided (2029, 3039, and so on), the respondent can only fit
into one category. Take care not to use overlapping ages such as 2029 and 29
39).
4. Ranking
the respondent might be asked to place qualities or characteristics in order
5. Quantity
The response is a number (exact or approximate),
giving the amount of some characteristics.
6. Grid
A table or grid is provided to record answers to two or more questions at the
same time.
7. Scale

Ambiguity and imprecisin

Words which have a common meaning to you, but it may mean something
different to other people,