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Workbook - Surveys: questionnaires

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• Contents
• Points to remember
• Short-answer questions
• Fill-in questions
• True/false questions
• Multiple-choice questions
• Practical exercises

Educational objectives

After completing this chapter, you will:

1. have become familiar with the nature and complexities of survey research;
2. have an understanding of the distinction between the various types of questionnaires and their relevance to social research;
3. have gained an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of questionnaires as methods of data collection and their relevance to social research;
4. have developed skills that will help with the construction and administration of questionnaires in a professional manner;
5. have a critical understanding and appreciation of the place of questionnaires in quantitative and qualitative research, and of their limitations.