Short-answer questions
Answer each question carefully. Consult your Social Research text when
your memory fails you or when you are in doubt about the accuracy of your
responses.
1
What are the advantages and limitations of questionnaires?
2
What are the main points that should be included in a cover letter?
3
Describe briefly the structure and types of questionnaire formats.
4
Explain the nature and purpose of primary, secondary and tertiary questions.
5
What is the purpose of indirect questioning?
6
Explain the nature and purpose of suggestive questioning.
7
What are the differences between fixed-alternative and open-ended questions?
8
When are open-ended questions usually employed?
9
When are fixed-alternative questions normally used?
10 What are
filter questions and when are they used?
11 What are
contingency questions?
12 What are
the three basic standards of constructing a response set in a questionnaire?
13 List five
common types of response employed in questionnaires with fixed-alternative
questions.
14 Describe
five criteria that are important in defining the content of questions.
15 What are
the rules of questionnaire construction that pertain to questionnaire layout?
16 Describe
the main rules related to the construction of the content of questionnaires.
17 Describe
the main rules related to the construction of the questionnaire format.
18 What are
the most common steps of questionnaire construction?
19 What are
the points that are commonly considered when reviewing a questionnaire?
20 Which
aspects of questionnaires are incompatible with the principles of qualitative
research and why?
21 What are
pre-tests and pilot studies and how do they differ from surveys?
22 What are
the major differences between pre-tests and pilot studies?
23 When are
pre-tests and pilot studies employed?