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Survey Research Tyson S. Barrett, PhD PSY 3500 Survey Designs Often used in some way with almost all other designs Not as simple as it appears Answers can be influenced by unintended factors order of items the possible response
Tyson S. Barrett, PhD PSY 3500
Often used in some way with almost all other designs
Not as simple as it appears
Open-ended
Two main types exist
Categorical Closed-ended Scale
All can be used in the same survey
This also works regarding the response options for close-ended questions
Some things to consider
Sampling Sampling Size / Population Size Sampling Bias
Population Sample
Get data from only part of population It is all about the sample size (not population size) Random sampling helps reduce bias Avoid non-responses to reduce bias
Some things to consider
Sampling Sampling Size / Population Size Sampling Bias
Get data from only part of population It is all about the sample size (not population size) Random sampling helps reduce bias Avoid non-responses to reduce bias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co ntinue=174&v=sfBAPn7-hDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubR8rEgSZSU
Consider these two videos:
Some more things to consider
Online Surveys In-person interviews Telephone Surveys
Cheap, can improve non-response Qualtrics or REDCap
Mail Surveys
Can help with non-response but expensive Cheap but much harder now Cheap but high non-response