8233 - DATA COLLECTION USING QUESTIONNAIRES WORKSHOP
DES-LS - CLEMIT-LS
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
- Types of survey. Sources of bias.
- Sources of surveys and survey questions.
- Questionnaire structure. Item structure. Item types.
- Levels of measurement.
- Using questionnaires: national and organizational surveys.
- Validity and reliability. Item definitions.
- Language and translation issues.
- Measurement theory.
- Relationship between survey items, research goals and theory.
- Writing survey items for self-administered questionnaires.
- Writing survey items for interviews.
- Scoring and coding of questionnaire responses.
- Completing a questionnaire: instructions, pilot testing, etc.
- Survey administration in practice.
The course consists of classroom lessons and online activities. In the online activities, students partecipate in structured group work
Student evaluation consists of:
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An individual assignment to be developed as part of the online activities (70%)
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A final project that requires the realization of a complete questionnaire
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L. FRAZER, M. LAWLEY, Questionnaire Design and Administration: A practical guide, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.