Questionnaire surveys

the nature of questionnaire surveys

interviewer completon versus respondent completion

conductiong a pilot survey

testing questionnarie wording

testing question sequencing

testing questionnaire layout

gaining familiarity with respondents

testing fieldwork arrangements

training and testing fieldworkers

estimating response rate

testing analysis procedures

estimatinginterview or questionnaire completion time

coding of questionnaire responses

pre-coded questions

open-ened questions

recording coded information

questionnare design

research problems and information requirements

types of information

respondents characteristics

activeties and behaviour

attitudes and motivations

ordering of questions

layout

filters

introductory remarks

open- ended and pre-coded questions

wording of questions

measuring attitudes and opinions

merits of the questionnairs survey method

merits of questionnaire surveys

types of questionnaire survey

houdehold surveys

omnibus surveys

street/quota intercept surveys

quota sampling

e-surveys

customer/vistor on-site intercept surveys

captive group surveys

organisation surveys

validity of questionnar surveys

include 'dummy' categories

ask the same question twice

repeat interviews

questionnaire-based interviewing