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Guidelines And Principles Of A Survey

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6. Discuss the guidelines and principles that one should consider in developing a survey/ questionnaire? Before starting to develop a survey, consult the local IRB requirements and regulations to ensure approval for the survey. The first step of developing a survey is to decide what kind of data you want to collect and why you want to collect it. This will guide the types of questions created and make it more relevant to the research. The next step is to determine the demographic and how the survey will be distributed. In order to be successful, a researcher must know their audience and how to best collect data. For example, an email survey is less effective if a researcher can deliver a paper survey during class. This is because the researcher has a captive audience with the class and people can automatically delete the email. When developing questions for the survey, keep it simple and make sure it is ethical with no bias. Questions that collect personal information and identifiers will most likely not be granted IRB approval. Biased questions could be, “we think we have a great service. How great do you think our service is?”. The tone of the survey can affect the response, causing it to become invalid. A better response, “How was your experience with our service?”. Finally, make sure to review the survey, making sure all questions are appropriate and everything works. A good practice is to send out the survey to a few people so they can provide feedback. Once all

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