Questionnaire

• Questionnaires allow you to gather primary data, which may not be available from other sources, on your choice of topic using pre-determined questions.
• equipment needed for a questionnaire:

  • Prepared questionnaire.
  • An identity badge or letter.
• Methodology for carrying out a questionnaire:

  • The number of questions to ensure that sufficient information is gathered and that is relevant to the purpose/aims of the questionnaire
  • The types of questions to be asked – whether open or closed - to generate appropriate information for processing
  • How the questionnaire is to be administered to ensure a high response rate that can be efficiently managed
  • Trial the questionnaire.
  • When and where it will be conducted.
  • Suitable sampling strategy.
• Advantages for a questionnaire:

  • Questionnaires generate information about people’s opinions that is not available from any other source
  • Information that is up to date
  • Information that can generate descriptive and explanatory data
  • The most efficient and effective tool for collecting population based information
• Disadvantages for a questionnaire:

  • Poorly designed questions can generate irrelevant information
  • People not telling the truth
  • The questionnaire sample could be biased due to the sample size or sampling procedure