Guide on Designing Questionnaires

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What is the main purpose of a questionnaire according to the text?

To contrast with surveys

To collect mass data for further analysis

To be a cheap, prompt, and efficient means of obtaining information

To gather standardized information about individuals (correct)

What does the text say distinguishes questionnaires from surveys?

Questionnaires do not collect mass data for further analysis (correct)

Surveys are used for scientific studies while questionnaires are not

Surveys are more structured than questionnaires

Surveys are more expensive and less efficient than questionnaires

What is key to good questionnaire design?

Using only open-ended questions

Defining the goals and aims of the research (correct)

Keeping the questionnaire short and concise

Allowing respondents to provide mass data for further analysis

What does the text say about the structure of well-designed questionnaires?

They are highly structured to allow the same types of information to be collected in the same way Signup and view all the answers

What is one potential pitfall of questionnaires?

They are not used necessarily in the right way Signup and view all the answers

What did Adolphe Quetelet invent through the use of questionnaires?

Sociology Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say is important to consider when designing a questionnaire?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Why are questionnaires considered a crucial part of research?

They help understand what people explicitly think Signup and view all the answers

When was the first recorded instance of using questionnaires for research purposes?

1835 Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of a questionnaire in research?

To gather information by asking questions Signup and view all the answers

Why did Adolphe Quetelet use questionnaires to record physical characteristics of soldiers?

To apply rigorous methodologies from natural science to humanities Signup and view all the answers

What role do questionnaires play in understanding what people explicitly think?

They are central to finding out what people explicitly think. Signup and view all the answers

Guide on Designing Questionnaires

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What is the main purpose of a questionnaire according to the text?

What does the text say distinguishes questionnaires from surveys?

What is key to good questionnaire design?

What does the text say about the structure of well-designed questionnaires?

What is one potential pitfall of questionnaires?

What did Adolphe Quetelet invent through the use of questionnaires?

What does the text say is important to consider when designing a questionnaire?

Why are questionnaires considered a crucial part of research?

When was the first recorded instance of using questionnaires for research purposes?

What is the main purpose of a questionnaire in research?

Why did Adolphe Quetelet use questionnaires to record physical characteristics of soldiers?

What role do questionnaires play in understanding what people explicitly think?

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