Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys

This course will cover the basic elements of designing and evaluating questionnaires. We will review the process of responding to questions, challenges and options for asking questions about behavioral frequencies, practical techniques for evaluating questions, mode specific questionnaire characteristics, and review methods of standardized and conversational interviewing.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Introduction and Unit 1: Overview of Standardized Interviewing
Week 2
Unit 2: Response Process
Week 3
Unit 3: Asking Factual Questions
Week 4
Unit 4: Measuring Attitudes
Week 5
Unit 5: Testing Questionnaires
Week 6
Unit 6: Putting It All Together

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Reviews

very knowledgeable course it opened the door to my further study thanks a lot our professors for your hard work .

A recommended course for researchers, aspiring PhD candidates and anyone who is interested in curvey based research

questionnaire design is more attractive than you think, and so many skills and techniques.

So much material! The presentations are engaging and well-paced. The presenters showed an appropriate level of candor about the behavior of both respondents and interviewers.