Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of the purpose and types of questionnaire. A questionnaire is a carefully constructed form that is prepared and distributed for the purpose of securing responses to certain questions. The main purpose of a questionnaire is the acquisition of information. They may be used in status studies, approved practices, financial studies, and opinion. The instructions given in the questionnaire must be well-worded, brief, and to the point. This chapter also discusses the two types of questionnaires that are most widely used—the open and closed questionnaires. A third type is the loaded questionnaire. In the open questionnaire, the respondent has unlimited choice in respect of the type and scope of question. No key is provided and as the filling in of this type of questionnaire is not done according to a plan, it is difficult to tabulate and interpret the results. In the closed questionnaire, the preferences or choices are simply ticked off or the answers are simply ''yes'' or ''no.'' In the loaded questionnaire, the answers to questions lead to a certain conclusion, and in the end, the respondent will find that he has made a certain admission. The compilers of a loaded questionnaire advise that if a respondent answers positively to the first group of questions, he will not experience any difficulty in answering the remaining questions truthfully.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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