Exam 8: How to Construct a Questionnaire

A mixed questionnaire contains:

Which of the following is the correct ordering of the steps in questionnaire construction?

Muriel is interested in fourth-grade students' feelings during tests so she should develop a questionnaire with questions about first graders' knowledge of test-taking strategies.

Which of the following can help avoid offending participants who feel their voice is not being heard when filling out a questionnaire?

What is the problem(s) with this set of response categories to the question "What is your current age?" 1-5 5-10 10-20 20-30 30-40

Which set of response categories is not acceptable according to your textbook?

Walt is constructing a new questionnaire for his research study. He has reviewed the literature, began planning the questionnaire, and written the items for the questionnaire. His next task should be to:

The question, "Please explain how you feel about the new test-preparation program" would most likely appear on a:

The checklist for questionnaire development suggests the use of all of the following except:

A researcher's survey on school financing asked parents to agree or disagree with this statement: "Parents should support the schools and taxes should be increased." What is the problem with this item?

Nicole developed a questionnaire with three separate parts. She should number the items consecutively from the beginning to the end of the questionnaire.

Open-ended questions are generally better to use when:

Explain how the different parts of a questionnaire are organized into a smoothly operating whole.

Which of the following sets of closed-ended response categories has mutually exclusive categories?

Mary read the following question on a questionnaire. "Should teachers be given raises and shorter work days?" She did not know how to answer it. What is the problem with this question?

Exhaustive categories include all possible responses.

Compare and contrast the use of rating scales and semantic differential items.

Age and years completed in school are examples of questions that do not need mutually exclusive response categories.

When several items are rated and summed together, this is called a:

Lois plans to ask questions about the frequency and intensity of participants' feelings of intolerance and prejudice. One problem that she should particularly worry about here is called _____________.