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Steps To Design A Questionnaire

Steps to design a questionnaire involve: 1) writing a study protocol and determining objectives and hypotheses; 2) drawing a plan of analysis including measures, tests, and tables; 3) creating a list of needed information. Then, 4) different parts are designed using the list, 5) questions are written considering the population, 6) question order is decided moving from easy to difficult, 7) the questionnaire is completed with instructions and definitions. Finally, 8) the content and style are verified, 9) a pilot study is conducted, and 10) the questionnaire is refined before the main survey.

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Steps To Design A Questionnaire

Steps to design a questionnaire involve: 1) writing a study protocol and determining objectives and hypotheses; 2) drawing a plan of analysis including measures, tests, and tables; 3) creating a list of needed information. Then, 4) different parts are designed using the list, 5) questions are written considering the population, 6) question order is decided moving from easy to difficult, 7) the questionnaire is completed with instructions and definitions. Finally, 8) the content and style are verified, 9) a pilot study is conducted, and 10) the questionnaire is refined before the main survey.

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Steps to Design a

Questionnaire
Designing a questionnaire involves 10 main steps:

1. Write a study protocol

This involves getting acquainted with the subject, making a


literature review, decide on objectives, formulate a hypothesis,
and define the main information needed to test the hypothesis.

2. Draw a plan of analysis

This steps determines how the information defined in step


1 should be analysed. The plan of analysis should contain the
measures of association and the statistical tests that you intend to
use. In addition, you should draw dummy tables with the
information of interest. The plan of analysis will help you to
determine which type of results you want to obtain. An example of
a dummy table is shown below.

Exposure nr Cases (%) Total Attack Rate RR (CI95%)

Tomato salad

Chicken breast
3. Draw a list of the information needed

From the plan of analysis you can draw a list of the information
you need to collect from participants. In this step you should
determine the type and format of variables needed.

4. Design different parts of the questionnaire

You can start now designing different parts of the questionnaire


using this list of needed information.

5. Write the questions

Knowing the education and occupation level of the study


population, ethnic or migration background, language knowledge
and special sensitivities at this step is crucial at this stage. Please
keep in mind that the questionnaire needs to be adapted to your
study population. Please see "Format of Questions" section for
more details.

6. Decide on the order of the questions asked

You should start from easy, general and factual to difficult,


particular or abstract questions. Please consider carefully where
to place the most sensitive questions. They should be rather
placed in the middle or towards the end of the questionnaire.
Make sure, however, not to put the most important item last, since
some people might not complete the interview.

7. Complete the questionnaire

Add instructions for the interviewers and definitions of key words


for participants. Insure a smooth flow from one topic to the next
one (ex. "and now I will ask you some questions about your own
health..."). Insert jumps between questions if some questions are
only targeted at a subgroup of the respondents.

8. Verify the content and style of the questions

Verify that each question answers to one of the objectives and all
your objectives are covered by the questions asked. Delete
questions that are not directly related to your objectives. Make
sure that each question is clear, unambiguous, simple and short.
Check the logical order and flow of the questions. Make sure the
questionnaire is easy to read and has an clear layout. Please see
the Hints to Design a good Questionnaire section for more
details.
9. Conduct a pilot study

You should always conduct a pilot study among the intended


population before starting the study. Please see the Piloting
Questionnaires section for more details.

10. Refine your questionnaire

Depending on the results of the pilot study, you will need


to amend the questionnaire before the main survey starts.

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