how to prepare a questionnaire: some useful tips

HOW TO PREPARE A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, KSTC

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Nature of the Study

Age Level of Target Group

The Life Circumstances of the Target Group

FACTORS TO BE

CONSIDERED

WHEN PREPARING

A QUESTIONNAIRE

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So, Let’s

Start Writing it

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Make it Short

Who would spend time for filling

a long questionnaire in this busy

world?

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Start with Personal

Information

Who would not be interested in

saying something about himself?

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Keep systematic sequencing

If the later questions are related

with the earlier ones, it makes it

easier for the respondent to fill it

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Avoid Technical Terms

Who knows all the technical

terms which you keep in your

stuff?

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Make your Questions Specific

You would better ask ‘Which

teacher you like most?’, instead of

asking ‘ Do you Like Your

Teachers?’

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Avoid complex Sentences

If you ask, ‘ Do you like your teacher who

always beats you, though he teaches well

during the school hours?’, what will be the

feeling of the respondent?

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Include more closed end questions

Open ended questions may create

confusion, and it also may

consume more time

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