Questionnaire construction

• How are questions made more clear? (the word)

  By making them more unambiguous
• How can we get more honest answers?

  By introducing anonymity
• What are the three different types of closed questions?

  1. Fixed choice
  2. Rating scale
  3. Likert scale
• What is a fixed choice question?

  The answer is fixed to certain options

  e.g. Which sciences do you take? Bio, Chem or Physics

  They can also be yes or no questions
• What is a rating scale question?

  They represent feelings

  • e.g. How happy are you in college? Rate on a scale of 1-5
• What is a Likert scale question?

  A question that askes about your view on something.

  • E.g. Psychology is hard, how far do you agree? rate on a scale of 1-5