Quick Help: Designing a questionnaire
Quick Help: Designing a questionnaire
Designing a questionnaire
Write out your purpose, and review your research question and hypothesis to determine the kinds of questions to ask.
Figure out how to reach respondents.
Draft questions that call for short, specific answers.
Test the questions on several people, and revise questions that seem unfair, ambiguous, too hard to answer, or too time consuming.
Draft a cover letter or invitation email. Be sure to state your deadline.
If you are using a print questionnaire, leave adequate space for answers.
Proofread the questionnaire carefully.