ABSTRACT

• Provides step-by-step guidance for students who will be conducting their first surveys to collect factual information, measure attitudes, and evaluate products, services, and programs using questionnaires.

• Each chapter is structured around easy-to-follow guidelines.

• Numerous examples illustrate the guidelines. The examples are on timely topics of interest to students.

• This short book is an ideal supplement for guiding students through a class project. At the end of Chapter 1, they write the objectives for their questionnaires. They then follow the guidelines in subsequent chapters to complete their project.

• Exercises at the end of each chapter allow students to practice their newly acquired skills.

• Students learn that using questionnaires in research is both an art and a science—with principles that need to be followed for efficient, effective data collection.

• Thoroughly field-tested for student interest and comprehension, this book is sure to please both you and your students.

• We’ve had highly positive feedback from the numerous professors who have adopted this book to guide students in conducting term projects.

chapter 1|8 pages

Planning Questionnaire Research

chapter 4|14 pages

Writing Items to Measure Attitudes

chapter 8|10 pages

Selecting a Sample of Respondents

chapter 9|10 pages

Preparing Statistical Tables and Figures

chapter 10|12 pages

Describing Averages and Variability

chapter 11|10 pages

Describing Relationships

chapter 12|8 pages

Estimating Margins of Error

chapter 13|6 pages

Writing Reports of Questionnaire Research