Designing Surveys

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Summary	This session is part of the Faculty of Education's Research Summer 2013 Program.
Start Date	23rd Jan 2013 9:30am
End Date	23rd Jan 2013 10:30am
Venue	Cradle Coast: CC.A119; Hobart: SB.Hytten325; Launceston: - NH.A221c
RSVP / Contact Information	Education.Research@utas.edu.au

Summary

This session is part of the Faculty of Education's Research Summer 2013 Program.

Start Date

23rd Jan 2013 9:30am

End Date

23rd Jan 2013 10:30am

Venue

Cradle Coast: CC.A119; Hobart: SB.Hytten325; Launceston: - NH.A221c

RSVP / Contact Information

Education.Research@utas.edu.au

Research Summer 2013 sessions are aimed primarily at Education researchers and Research Higher Degree students but would also be beneficial for researchers in the social sciences and humanities areas.

Designing Surveys
Presented by Phillip Patman, this session will cover the basics of questionnaire design and cover the main problems and pitfalls in developing a good survey and key issues in the development of a valid instrument. Particular themes will be sampling, concept development, design considerations including question types with particular emphasis on Likert Scales (agree â disagree type questions), question flow, skip questions, wording of questions, etc.

Authorised by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

7 January, 2013

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