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• Reports are more likely needed for business, scientific and technical subjects, and in the workplace.
• Survey Report - is written after getting data from a survey.
• The objectives of a survey report is to collect people's responses or answers about a particular issue or topic.
• Laboratory or scientific technical report - it is commonly called lab report. it is written in a formal and organized manner.
• the objectives of a laboratory or scientific technical report is to present results or findings from experiments.
• Field report - it is sometimes called trip report
• the objectives of field report is to describe and analyze a systematic observation.
• Survey Questionnaire

  It is a data gathering tool composed of a set of questions used in a survey and is utilized in various fields such as politics, research, marketing, media and so on. It is intended to gather data, views, opinions and others from media,individuals or a particular group of people.
• Personal Approach

  This process of conducting the survey involves the researcher. It is used to probe the answers of the respondents and

  at the same time, to observe the behavior of the respondents, either individually or as a group.
• Face-to-face Structured Interview

  The interview is set personally, and the people involved face each other in order to gather the necessary information.

  Questions on the survey are asked directly to the respondent by the researcher.
• Telephone Survey

  The survey is done using telephone or cellular phones. The calls are made to ask individuals about certain questions.

  This method can be used for asking consequential questions.
• Self-administered Approach

  In this type of approach, the survey is administered without the actual presence of the researcher and the respondents

  are expected to accomplish the survey independently.
• Paper-and-pencil Survey

  This is a traditional method of administering a survey which entails that respondent be or are accompanied by

  someone who is computer literate.
• Online Survey

  This is a useful technique especially for studies which include many respondents from different locations. This is used

  to gather information from respondents who live in different areas. This enables all participants to answer through

  different online platforms.
• Mail Survey

  This popular tool requires an easy- administering of the survey where survey questionnaires are mailed to individuals

  who are given enough time to read and ponder on the information asked.
• A survey is the gathering and analysis of information about a topic, an area or a group of people.
• A survey can be an economical and efficient tool for collecting information, attitudes and opinions from many

  people and for monitoring a project/program's progress.
• at three basic types of surveys:

  • self-completed questionnaires

  • face-to-face interviews

  • telephone surveys.
• Step 3: Select the survey type

  Step 5: Write the questions down

  Step 4: Decide how many people to survey

  Step 1: Decide what you want to find out

  Step 2: Decide who to survey
• • What information is the survey trying to collect?

  • What do the survey questions need to determine?
• The perfect survey would involve getting information from every member of the community in whom you are

  interested
• As it is not usually possible to survey the whole community, you will need to survey a sample that represents

  the group.
• The sample needs to be representative of the people you really want to talk to so that as little bias as

  possible occurs.
• A biased sample would mean the results of the survey do not accurately reflect the views of the

  people from whom you want information.
• A random sample is a selection where each person has had the same chance of being selected as all other people. A pure random sample is often difficult. as lists of all people are not always available
• Systematic survey people according to a set pattern or criteria.
• Convenient survey people who can be easily reached.
• Self-completed questionnaires are most commonly presented as written questions on paper. The

  questions are completed or filled in' by the participant, usually without any assistance from the people

  who designed the questionnaire.
• Telephone surveys involve an interviewer asking questions verbally to a single, anonymous individual

  over the phone.
• Face-to-face interviews involve an interviewer asking questions verbally to an individual in-person.
• self-Completed questionnaires

  • least expensive
  • fastest/least time consuming
  • can be mailed to respondents
  • consistent as respondents are all asked the same questions.
• Telephone Survey

  • Good response rate
  • allows for probing, reduces misunderstanding and missing answers
  • can give some assistance to the participants to comprehend the questions being asked and respond appropriately
  • participants do not require reading and writing skills to be involved
  • good for getting large amounts of information
• Face-to-Face interviews

  • Highest response rate
  • allows for probing, reduces misunderstanding and missing answers
  • can give assistance to the participants to comprehend the questions being asked and respond appropriately
  • participants do not require reading and writing skills to be involved
  • good for getting large amounts of information, can ask more complex questions
• The more people surveyed, the more accurate the results are likely to be. However, the larger the group, the

  greater the time and energy needed to conduct the survey.
• Questionnaires should be designed to be attractive, easily understood, easily answered and to give you the

  required information.
• There are two main types of questions:

  • open-ended

  • closed-ended.