Questionnaires

=Research Method: Questionnaires=

Overview
Questionnaires are another quantitative research method. However unlike other methods, questionnaires are inexpensive way to gather data from sources. Furthermore when your preparing your questionnaire there are five main aspects one should usually follow. They include key preparation, directions to respondendants, content of the questions, wording of the questions, order of the questions (McNamara). Firstly, the developer needs to make sure the questions address the problem of the situation, which provides focus on what questions are needed in the process. Secondly when your are directing the participants, you must make sure the questions are clear (McNamara). Do not use a lot of confusing concepts and words, it is better to make it clear cut. The content is very important because if the questions are not specific enough the participants will have a hard time giving an appropriate answer. Finally the questions must be condensed so the participants will not feel worried with any time constraints. Here are some advantages and disadvantages for this research method.

- Participants might forget important facts, after the evaluation methods was completed. Thus, they might try to guess throughout the questionnaires decreasing the integrity.

- Participants might misinterpret the question because they might not understand it fully.

- Questions might be answered superficially if the questionnaire needs a lot of time to complete. Thus, there shouldn’t be to many questions.

- Some individuals may not want to answer the questions because they think there is no benefit in responding. Thus, they should be asked to reply with honesty and integrity and be notified it is an anonymous questionnaire (McNamara).

- Questionnaires are more objective because responses are gathered in a more standardized way

- It isn’t time consuming to gather questionnaires because you can give the participants a deadline to hand them in. They can also be completed right away if the participant has the time.

- You can gather information from a large group because there is not a lot of money involved in handing out questionnaires. You can post it online, where respondants can take part in answering the questions (McNamara).

- Questionnaires reduce bias because the researcher will not be able to influence the participant. Unless there is some sort of visual clue represented on the paper or the research talks to the participant about the situation.

Media (Questionnaire Example)
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