Deck 2: Questionnaire Design

Question 1

What types of psychological research are questionnaires useful for?

A) Experimental
B) Correlational
C) Qualitative
D) All types of research

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is wrong with this item? "I enjoy relaxing and socialising with friends".

A) The question includes two components.
B) It is a double negative.
C) It is unethical.
D) It is not specific enough.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is wrong with this item? "I do not agree that all opinions should not be respected".

A) It includes a double negative.
B) It includes two components.
C) It is unethical.
D) It is not specific enough.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following would best describe an open-ended response option?

A) When you have participants answer by rank ordering set choices
B) Leaving a blank space for a participant to write an answer
C) Having a categorical response option
D) Having a participant answer using a Likert scale

Question 5

If I were to design a questionnaire on happiness, which of the following would be an example of a reversed item?

A) I am usually a happy person.
B) I am often in a cheerful mood.
C) I rarely express joy.
D) I rarely find myself afraid.

Question 6

If you wanted to know whether the items of your questionnaire all measure the same thing, then what type of reliability would this reflect?

A) Internal consistency
B) Inter-rater reliability
C) Test-retest reliability
D) Construct reliability

Question 7

What is the response type used in the following question?
What is your highest level of education?

A) GCSE
B) A-Level
C) Degree
D) Open-ended

Question 8

If we wanted to check that our questionnaire had a good level of internal consistency, which statistic could we use?

A) Descriptive statistics
B) t test
C) Multiple regression
D) Cronbach's alpha

Question 9

When calculating questionnaire scores, how might choosing the sum or the mean of the items affect your statistical analyses?

A) It wouldn't affect the descriptive statistics, but would affect the significance of any test.
B) It wouldn't affect the significance of any test, but would affect the descriptive statistics.
C) It wouldn't affect anything.
D) It would affect both the descriptive statistics and the significance of the test.

Question 10

What is wrong with this item? "I exercise on a regular basis".

A) It is a double negative.
B) It is unethical.
C) It is not specific enough.
D) It includes two components.