How to Ask Survey Questions
Arlene G. Fink(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-0-8039-5745-9 (ISBN)
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Description
This volume guides readers in determining a feasible number of survey questions, preparing appropriately worded questions for participants and standardizing the response choice. It also covers issues such as: how to understand a survey's cultural, psychological, economic and political context; how to ask questions about knowledge, attitudes and behaviours; how to avoid negative phrasing and biasing words; and how to distinguish among response formats that use nominal, ordinal and numerical measurement.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
205 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-5745-9 (9780803957459)
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Arlene Fink (PhD) is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of the Langley Research Institute. Her main interests include evaluation and survey research and the conduct of research literature reviews as well as the evaluation of their quality. Dr. Fink has conducted scores of evaluation studies in public health, medicine, and education. She is on the faculty of UCLA's Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and is a scientific and evaluation advisor to UCLA's Gambling Studies and IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling & Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) programs. She consults nationally and internationally for agencies such as L'institut de Promotion del la Prevention Secondaire en Addictologie (IPPSA) in Paris, France, and Peninsula Health in Victoria, Australia. Professor Fink has taught and lectured extensively all over the world and is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and 15 textbooks.
Content
How to Ask Survey Questions
Learning Objectives
Asking Questions
A Matter of Context
Keep Questions Closed or Open Them Up?
Responses
Choices and Measurement
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
Additional Tips When Creating Survey Questions
Learning Objectives
Asking Questions
A Matter of Context
Keep Questions Closed or Open Them Up?
Responses
Choices and Measurement
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
Additional Tips When Creating Survey Questions