4th Edition

Questionnaire Research A Practical Guide

By Mildred Patten Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

• Provides step-by-step guidance for students who will be conducting their first surveys to collect factual information, measure attitudes, and evaluate products, services, and programs using questionnaires. • Each chapter is structured around easy-to-follow guidelines. • Numerous examples illustrate the guidelines. The examples are on timely topics of interest to students. • This short... Read more

Chapters

1. Planning Questionnaire Research

2. Writing Items to Collect Factual Information

3. Writing Items to Collect Demographic Information

4. Writing Items to Measure Attitudes

5. Writing Items to Evaluate Products, Services, and Programs

6. Conducting Item Try-Outs and an Item Analysis

7. Preparing a Questionnaire for Administration

8. Selecting a Sample of Respondents

9. Preparing Statistical Tables and Figures

10. Describing Averages and Variability

11. Describing Relationships

12. Estimating Margins of Error

13. Writing Reports of Questionnaire Research

Appendix A: Questions on Race Used in the 2010 Census

Appendix B: Sample Cover Letter for a Questionnaire

Appendix C: Sample Informed Consent Form

Appendix D: Sample Follow-up Postcard

Appendix E: Table of Random Numbers

Appendix F: Introduction to Statistical Significance

Appendix G: Other Computational Procedures

Appendix H: Sample Questionnaire: Attitudes Toward Statistics Questionnaire

Appendix I: Sample Questionnaire: Campus Bookstore Evaluation

Appendix J: Checklist of Guidelines

Biography

Mildred Patten