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Mason, Greg – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1996
This article reviews issues in questionnaire design beyond the creation of standardized questions and basic data collection rules. The use of magnitude scales, the application of decision theory, and the use of a questionnaire framework that replicates how choices are made by respondents are among the new design approaches discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Models, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
Boynton, Thomas J. – 1978
Tips on constructing survey instruments and examples of alternative formats for questionnaire items are provided in this paper. The 18 tips cover such areas as instructions for respondents, wording of questionnaire items, grouping of items, handling of difficult or sensitive questions, fixed-response items, open-ended questions, and questionnaire…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Guides, Layout (Publications), Questionnaires
Choy, Susan P. – 1996
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) has made it possible to develop comprehensive profiles of the nation's public and private schools and teachers and principals and to study issues of teacher supply and demand. The planned switch to a 5-year cycle of data collection provides a good time to re-examine the survey's design. This paper focuses on…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Anderson, John F. – 1986
This paper summarizes and highlights some of the critical developments, issues, and trends which impact the work of survey research. The issue of preventing or minimizing nonresponse bias by successfully obtaining cooperation from people being surveyed continues to be of concern to survey research professionals. The most effective response rate…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research