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When asked of the preferred distance learning modalities, these
are the percentage of the answers of the 100 students from
Mabolo National High School.
25%-Modular Learning
10%-Online Learning
10%-Television
5%-Radio
55%-Blended Learning

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Processing Questions:
 How do you find answering the survey? Are the
questions clear?
 What are the things that you consider in designing the
survey questions?

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 Are questionnaire and survey the same?
 The questionnaire and survey are used to mean the same
thing. But there is an important distinction between them:
survey describes the process of conducting a research,
which includes the series of steps, while the questionnaire is
one part of the survey process.

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Designing Effective
Survey

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 Survey questions
should be easy to
understand and hard to
misinterpret!

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  Use common language & clearly
defined terms.
 Use mostly closed questions.
Writing Good  Include demographic questions to
Questions help identify the sample.
 Use precise, unambiguous language.
 Make sure questions are valid &
reliable.

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What to Avoid!
 Avoid double-barreled
questions.
 Avoid leading, biased
questions.
 Avoid loaded questions.
 Avoid repetitive questions.
 Avoid personal questions.

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 Gathering Demographic Information
Do you expect age or gender to play a role in
people’s opinions?
Do you expect education level or income level to
play a role?
Do you expect size of household or length of
employment to play a role?
Do you want to compare responses from different
groups?
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 Group questions that are
similar.

Put them in a logical order.

Sequencing Place demographic

questions at the beginning.
your Questions
Put any sensitive or difficult
questions at the end.

Put any open-ended

questions at the end.
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 Yes/No
Types
Are you currently employed?
of Questionnaire
Questions
___ yes ___ no

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 True - False
Your store is located
Types downtown.
of Questionnaire
Questions
___ True ___ False

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 Multiple Choice
What precautions does your
store take to curtail shoplifting?
___ Sensormatic tags
Types ___ Ink dye tags
of Questionnaire
___ Employees circulating on
Questions
the floor
___ Dressing room attendants
on duty
___ Surveillance cameras
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 Agree/Disagree Scale
Drug use is a problem among
Types our employees.
of Questionnaire ___ Strongly agree
Questions
___ Agree
___ No opinion
___ Disagree
___ Strongly disagree
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 Ranking
How much of your household’s
shopping and recreation occurs
Types downtown?
of Questionnaire
___ Little or none
Questions
___ Less than half
___ About half
___ More than half
___ Most or all
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 Rating
Rate the following factors according
to their influence on you when you
Types bought your home? (5 = very
of Questionnaire important and 1 = unimportant)
___ Commuting time
Questions
___ The home itself
___ Purchase price and financing
___ Proximity to friends and family
___ Schools

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 Checklist
From what sources did you
finance your business? Check all
that apply.
Types
___ Bank
of Questionnaire
Questions ___ Savings and loan institution
___ Personal savings
___ Federal or state government
loan
___ Other _____________
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Revising Your Questionnaire

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  Are they logically arranged?
 Is the questionnaire neat &
Revising uncluttered?
your
questionnaire
◦ Is it carefully edited?
 Can respondents complete it
quickly & without difficulty?

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Be sure to test run your questionnaire!
 Once questionnaires with a
mistake go out, it’s too late to
correct them! This has a
negative effect on your
credibility as a researcher.

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 Class Activity (PR2 Groupings)
◦ Critiquing and Revision of Survey Questionnaire
◦ Each group will present the survey questionnaire that was crafted
in PR 2.
◦ Each group will give comments about it for the improvement of the
questionnaire.
◦ The teacher will process and give necessary revisions if any.
◦ Shared responsibility should be observed.

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Take Note!!!

Survey questions must be crafted based

from the objectives of the research. It should
present instructions in an accessible manner.
Likewise, it should be answerable in less than
fifteen minutes.

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