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CHAPTER 3
UNDERSTANDING DATA
AND WAYS TO SYSTEMATICALLY COLLECT IT
The Learning Goals 3
Instrument Design
A good questionnaire must
Name (Optional)
Contain different types of questions:
1 personal, attitudinal or behavioral;
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Age _________ Sex __ M __ F
sensitive questions (if applicable). Grade ___
Use strategies for good
2 construction: uses clear language,
I am enthusiastic about being a student
___ SA is
Validity ____
the A ____DA
ability ____SD to
of an instrument
makes sure that answer options do
not overlap; posing questions that measure what it intends to measure.
are applicable to participants.
Reliability refers to the consistency of
Valid and reliable. Underwent pilot
3 testing to a small number of
results.
individuals.
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Please repeat the question.
Evaluating questions
Do you like cellphones?
Unclear, vague question Whenever the teacher is discussing in front
Do you believe that students must be of the class and a phone rings right in the
allowed to use cellphones during class? middle of it, it can be distracting. Do you find
the ringing of a phone distracting enough to
Do you believe cellphones and laptops must take you out of your focus?
be allowed for use inside the classroom? Too long
A combination of two questions Do you find ringing sounds of a phone
Do you believe that laptops must be distracting while in class?
allowed for use inside the classroom?
Agree or disagree: The school should not
Do you consider a quadcore processor to discontinue its ban of cellular phones in
be an important feature of a cellphone? class.
Contains jargon Double negatives
Is the speed of response of the cellphone Do you agree that the school should
important to you? continue banning phones in class?
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The Instrument
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