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Questionable Questionnaire Design - Identifying Problems & Rewriting Questions

This worksheet discusses the problems with a questionnaire designed to answer the hypothesis, "Students at this school try to be healthy." It provides examples of each problematic question and suggests ways to rewrite them for improved clarity and relevance.

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Questionable Questionnaire Design - Identifying Problems & Rewriting Questions

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  1. Collecting Data – Worksheet A This worksheet is in 2 sizes.

  2. Printing To print handouts from slides - Select the slide from the left. Then click: File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’ To print multiple slides - Click on a section title to highlight all those slides, or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to highlight more than one. Then click: File > Print > ‘Print Selection’ To print double-sided handouts - Highlight both slides before using ‘Print Selection’. Choose ‘Print on Both Sides’ and ‘Flip on Short Edge’.

  3. Questionable Questionnaire John has designed this questionnaire to answer the hypothesis: “Students at this school try to be healthy” What problems can you see with each question? How would you rewrite each question? 1) Name and address: 2) Age: 15 - 30 10 - 15 5 - 12 0 - 5 Volleyball £1 - £5 £1 - £5 Burger 9 - 11 0 - 2 Cricket Other 6 - 8 3 - 5 Pasta Pizza 3) What is your hair colour? 4) Are you healthy? 5) Glucose dissolves readily in water is because it has lots of polar hydroxyl groups. So you should consume less glucose. Other: Other: 6) What sports do you play? 7) How many hours do you play each week? 8) How much do you spend on staying healthy each week? Disagree Disagree Disagree No No 9) You should run to stay fit. Strongly Agree Blonde Agree Agree Agree Red Yes Yes 10) Did you eat a healthy lunch yesterday? 11) What will you eat for dinner tonight? 12) If you are unhealthy it is your fault.

  4. Questionable Questionnaire John has designed this questionnaire to answer the hypothesis: “Students at this school try to be healthy” What problems can you see with each question? How would you rewrite each question? 1) Unnecessary. Not confidential. 1) Name and address: 2) Bad range selection. Overlapping ranges. 2) Age: 15 - 30 10 - 15 5 - 12 0 - 5 3) Irrelevant. Volleyball £1 - £5 £1 - £5 Burger 9 - 11 Cricket 0 - 2 Other 6 - 8 3 - 5 Pasta Pizza 3) What is your hair colour? 4) Irrelevant. Possibly unknown. Personal. 4) Are you healthy? 5) Glucose dissolves readily in water is because it has lots of polar hydroxyl groups. So you should consume less glucose. 5) Too difficult for laymen. Opinion. Other: Other: 6) What sports do you play? 6) Limited selection. Missing ‘None’ option. 7) How many hours do you play each week? 7) Bad range selection. Missing times (2.5 hr). 8) How much do you spend on staying healthy each week? 8) Bad range selection. Unspecific. Disagree Disagree Disagree No No 9) Too specific. Opinion. 9) You should run to stay fit. Strongly Agree Blonde Agree Agree Agree Red Yes Yes 10) Opinion. 10) Did you eat a healthy lunch yesterday? 11) What will you eat for dinner tonight? 11) Future data. Limited range. 12) Biased choices. Opinion. No ‘Don’t know’ option. 12) If you are unhealthy it is your fault.

  5. Questionable Questionnaire Questionable Questionnaire John has designed this questionnaire to answer the hypothesis: “Students at this school try to be healthy” What problems can you see with each question? How would you rewrite each question? John has designed this questionnaire to answer the hypothesis: “Students at this school try to be healthy” What problems can you see with each question? How would you rewrite each question? 1) Name and address: 1) Name and address: 2) Age: 2) Age: 15 - 30 15 - 30 10 - 15 10 - 15 5 - 12 5 - 12 0 - 5 0 - 5 Volleyball Volleyball £1 - £5 £1 - £5 £1 - £5 £1 - £5 Burger Burger 9 - 11 9 - 11 Cricket 0 - 2 0 - 2 Cricket Other Other 6 - 8 6 - 8 3 - 5 3 - 5 Pasta Pasta Pizza Pizza 3) What is your hair colour? 3) What is your hair colour? 4) Are you healthy? 4) Are you healthy? 5) Glucose dissolves readily in water is because it has lots of polar hydroxyl groups. So you should consume less glucose. 5) Glucose dissolves readily in water is because it has lots of polar hydroxyl groups. So you should consume less glucose. Other: Other: Other: Other: 6) What sports do you play? 6) What sports do you play? 7) How many hours do you play each week? 7) How many hours do you play each week? 8) How much do you spend on staying healthy each week? 8) How much do you spend on staying healthy each week? Disagree Disagree Disagree Disagree Disagree Disagree No No No No 9) You should run to stay fit. 9) You should run to stay fit. Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Blonde Blonde Agree Agree Agree Agree Agree Agree Red Red Yes Yes Yes Yes 10) Did you eat a healthy lunch yesterday? 10) Did you eat a healthy lunch yesterday? 11) What will you eat for dinner tonight? 11) What will you eat for dinner tonight? 12) If you are unhealthy it is your fault. 12) If you are unhealthy it is your fault.

  6. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? …or have you found a mistake!? Any feedback would be appreciated . Please feel free to email: tom@goteachmaths.co.uk

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