PRESENTATION ON QUESTIONNAIRE

By:- Priyank Mishra

Advance Institute of Management Ghaziabad

CONTENT
DEFINATION TYPES OF QUESTIONNAIRE

PRECAUTIONS TO BE KEPT IN MIND

WHILE DEVELOPING A QUESTIONNAIRE

HOW TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE ?

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE

ADVANTAGES AND DIS ADVANTAGES OF

QUESTIONNAIRE

DEFINATION
Questionnaire was invented by Sir Francis

Galton.
A questionnaire is a research instrument

consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents. Questionnaire is a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information.

TYPES OF QUESTIONAIRE
1. EXPLORATORY QUESTIONAIRE :-

In case if the researcher seeks for qualitative information for better understanding or the generation of hypothesis on a subject. For example - interview questions. But in this case the questions are open ended . Here prompts are not provided.

 FORMAL STANDARDISED QUESTIONNAIRES:

In the case when the researcher is looking for test and quantify the hypothesis and the data is to be analyzed statistically. These can be further subdivided in following :1. Structured & disguised 2. Unstructured & disguised 3. Structured & Non disguised 4. Unstructured & Non disguised

PRECAUTIONS TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHILE DEVELOPING A QUESTIONNAIRE

Questionnaire should be brief
i.e-optimum number of questions to full fill the objective

Words should be unambiguous. Order of question should be kept in mind.

generally simple to complex is used.

Slag words should not be used.

i.e- the words or sentence must not heart the sentiments of the respondent.

 The grammar and language of the questions

must be correct. Answers must be directly related to the respondent. Avoid jargons and abbreviations

HOW TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE ?

DEFINE THE QBJECTIVES OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE

TYPE OF QUESTIONNAIRE

TYPE AND CONTENT OF QUESTION

DEFINE ASTHETIC LOOKS OF QUESTIONNAIRE

PILOT SURVEY OF A QUESTIONNAIRE

CHARECTERISTICS OF A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE

1. A well defined questionnaire should meet

the research objectives. 2. It should ensure that respondent fully understand the questions. 3. It should be brief & to the point and be so arranged that the respondent remain interested throughout the interview. 4. It should be easy for the respondent to provide the correct information that could be recorded easily.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF A QUESTIONNAIRE

ADVANTAGES :1. Economic in execution. 2. Less efforts from the side of researcher. 3. Fast in circulation. 4. Its appearance is similar to all the respondents. 5. No influence of the researcher over the responses .

DISADVANTAGES :1. Inappropriate for illiterate respondents. 2. Doesnt ensures the response from the respondents. 3. Any doubt or confusion to the respondent can not be rectified at moment in questionnaire method. 4. The respondent is not identified. 5. It may be time consuming. 6. The gap between the understandings of researcher and respondent is more as compared to schedule.