Exam 8: How to Construct a Questionnaire

The question "Do you agree that we should lower property taxes and provide more county services?" is a:

Harold has developed a questionnaire. He is preliminarily testing it with volunteers similar to his proposed participants. This is process is called the:

Maria wants to avoid an acquiescence response set. In order to do this she should:

The first step in constructing a questionnaire is:

Before giving out a questionnaire to be completed by respondents, it is important to:

A questionnaire should have a relatively high degree of difficulty because this will help ensure that the participants are actively engaged in the process of filling out the questionnaire.

Assume that only the following two answers are allowed on a question concerning solutions to low graduation rates: a) fire teachers and b) make classes more rigorous. What kind of question would this be?

Another name for a summated rating scale is:

William created an item for a questionnaire. It was: "Don't you believe that teachers should earn more money?" What is the problem with this question?

Know when open-ended questions and closed-ended questions should be used.

To make a set of categories exhaustive, it is necessary to:

When using open-ended questions, you should:

Sensitive questions should be placed at the beginning of a questionnaire.

The question: "Don't you agree that special education teachers should earn more money than they currently earn?" is a:

Summarize and explain the content in the checklist for questionnaire development.

Describe the different types of response sets you can observe when using multi-item scales.

A summated rating scale is best used when attempting to measure:

Harold is developing a questionnaire about intelligence. He is going to list statements and ask participants to agree or disagree with each statement. Which set of response categories is acceptable according to your textbook?

According to your text, how many points should a rating scale have?

The question, "Please describe how you chose your current major" is which type of question?