Review the articles in this module to gain knowledge about constructing survey questions and writing good survey questions. This is your opportunity to
develop your questionnaire or interview questions for your research proposal. Take some time to think about the best way to collect data from your
participants based on your research question. Does giving participants a questionnaire fit with your research proposal, or does interviewing with participants
make more sense for your specific research design?
After you have identified whether a questionnaire or interview is most appropriate for your study design, you are going to develop your questionnaire or
interview questions for your research proposal.
If you choose to develop a questionnaire: Using one of the online questionnaire creation tools or word documents, create a 10 item survey questionnaire on
your research topic. Think about what kind of questions you are going to use. Will you include multiple-choice, true/false, short answer, etc.?
Websites: (Note: The following websites can be found in the Activities & Assignments section of this module)
Surveymonkey.com
Surveyplanet.com
If you choose to develop an interview: Using a word document, create 10 interview questions that you would ask your participants in an interview? Be specific
and make sure to explore all avenues of each question that you are asking.
You will include this document in your final research proposal.
Some questions you may want to consider when developing your questionnaire/interview:
Are the questions open-ended or close-ended?
Are the questions leading and could influence the participants’ answers in a specific way? Remember as researchers, we are unbiased and want to take a
neutral stance with the questions we develop for reliability and validity purposes.
Do the questions align with ethics and values covered in Module 3? Are the questions culturally appropriate?
Are there any other suggestions that you can think of that may help your classmate with their survey or interview questions?
