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Developing questionnaire
Hi all. Hope you guys out there are doing great. 🙂 I need to prepare a mixed questionnaire (quantitative and qualitative) to assess the factors and measures for attracting FDI in a country. As this is my data collection method, my analysis and results are completely relying on it. I am simply looking for guidance […]
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Anmar Bishara 9:39 am on April 29, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I developed my questionnaire from my conceptual framework; I think that’s how you can do it. I had four independent and one dependent variable. It was really not that difficult. If you don’t understand, how about you check on with the related studies?
Mats Voesenek 8:06 am on May 9, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You can definitely find developed-questionnaires online pertaining to your topic. On typing a query on how to develop a questionnaire in Google, you will get ample amount of information. You can find the basics of questionnaire on wiki how article:
http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-a-Questionnaire-for-Research
Also, this PDF is quite elaborative on how to get on with a questionnaire:
http://cahnrs.wsu.edu/fs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/09/A-Step-By-Step-Guide-to-Developing-Effective-Questionnaires.pdf
Andrew Builder 10:26 am on May 12, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I came across this blog on how to design a questionnaire, found it useful and maybe you’ll too!
http://www.fivevidya.com/blog/how-to-proceed-while-designing-a-questionnaire/
Wen Hsing 6:19 am on May 13, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey all, thank you so much for your replies. I have started making my questionnaires on the basis of my variables. The resources were useful. But I still have doubts. How long should I make it? I know that there shouldn’t be any redundancy, but my topic is vast and to cover it all, I need to gather more information.
Jillian Harwell 9:49 am on May 17, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
There is no straight answer to that. I developed my questionnaire on the basis of my variables (5 independent and 1 dependent). I formulated 8 to 10 questions each for all the variables, which was a lot I guess, as now I am finding it quite difficult to analyse the data. So, what I mean to say that the exact length can’t be told but it should be as precise as it can be while keeping a check on the relevancy.
Andrew Builder 4:30 am on May 25, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Pilot testing. That’s the way to ensure that your questionnaire is appropriate. Take only few people from your sample and distribute your developed questionnaire among them. Check for their responses and if it’s giving you the relevant information, then it’s correct. If it’s not, then you gotta make revisions.
Anmar Bishara 5:16 am on May 25, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Deciding on the length of questionnaire is a fundamental question; the number of questions that are sufficient in a questionnaire method to good Ph.D. Research work depends on the study, the field, and the budget of the study. It should also be compared to similar studies in the field and trying to surpass previous and existing studies. So, you can check out the thesis or papers pertaining to your filed and refer their questionnaires.
Alex Kruger 11:44 am on June 3, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
As your questionnaire will be developed on the basis of social marketing research, you can check out the following article http://www.social-marketing.com/research.html . This article will give you an insight on how to develop a questionnaire which will articulate both qualitative and quantitative questions which will help you to develop an in depth questionnaire.
Wen Hsing 11:45 am on June 22, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Who knew that developing a questionnaire can be so tedious. I made a tentative questionnaire that seems to be ‘less’ (as per my professor). I have developed 4 questions each for each variable, which are 6. So that makes 24 questions apart from the questions related to demographics. Won’t the addition of more questions backfire on me?
Alex Kruger 10:28 am on June 28, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Length of the questionnaire may be okay but its analysis will be too much. You can go with it though, if you have enough time.
Anmar Bishara 5:39 am on July 1, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
How much time can your respondents give to you? That is the question you should ask before determining the length of your questionnaire. Analysis can be tedious, true, but it can be done with careful evaluation. The length however, should be appropriate as per the respondents.
Wen Hsing 4:44 am on July 5, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Okay, thanks for the advice, I think that nobody really has that much time to give to a questionnaire. Moreover they can get bored and not answer the questions seriously. What I am thinking is to conduct pilot testing of the questionnaire that I have already built and then I’ll make the necessary changes.