Survey basics

By Patricia Pulliam Phillips

Subjects: Reference, Surveys, Design, Organizations & Institutions, Educational evaluation, Essays, Questionnaires, EDUCATION, Methodology, Instructional systems

Description: A tool to help learning and development professionals design and administer surveys and questionnaires. It describes the purpose of surveys and questionnaires, types of error that can creep into survey results, and considerations when developing specific survey questions. In addition, it offers advice to ensure positive response rates and how to design the instrument so that people find it easy to respond. The book includes content on validity and reliability, data analysis, and a chapter describing approaches to displaying data and reporting results.