Principles of Survey Research
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Survey: Measurement and Scaling
Chapter 3: Questionnaire
Chapter 4: Sampling
Chapter 5: Data Analysis: A Concise Overview of Statistical Techniques
Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques of Market Analysis
Chapter 7: Reporting Results
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Questionnaire
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079
Chapter opener
080
Definition & objectives
081
Questioning Techniques and Questioning Tactics
082
Influence of Formulation on the Answer
083
What Should Be Considered When Developing a Questionnaire?
084
Questionnaire
085
Asking Questions
086
Avoid Ambiguity, Confusion and Vagueness
087
"Which brand of shampoo do you use?" — what is unclear?
088
Make Answer Options Complete & Unambiguous
089
Scales and Answer Options Must Be Unambiguous
090
Avoid Jargon, Slang and Abbreviations
091
Avoid Double-Barreled Questions
092
Avoid Leading
093
Avoid Implicit Assumptions
094
Avoid implicit alternatives
095
Avoid Treating Beliefs as Real Facts
096
Avoid Generalizations and Estimates
097
Questionnaire
098
Overcoming Inability to Answer
099
Is the respondent informed?
100
Can the respondent remember?
101
Can the respondent articulate it?
102
Questionnaire
103
Overcoming Unwillingness to Answer
104
Reduce the effort
105
Clarify the context
106
Explain the purpose
107
Questionnaire
108
Handling sensitive topics
109
Chapter
110
Three principles
111
Funneling and Skip Logic
112
Example: Flowchart of a Questionnaire
113
Questionnaire
114
Design a Convincing Introduction
115
Pretest! Pretest! Pretest!
116
Recap