1. Survey Questions and Research
Survey Questions: Choose one of the open-ended questions below and re-write it as a
closed-ended question with answer choices that could be used on a survey questionnaire.
Note that some open-ended questions may require two closed-ended questions to cover the
same information, and that some open-ended questions may not be easily converted to a
close-ended version. If you choose one of the latter, explain why you think it can’t be written
in close-ended form. 1. How would you describe the type of university you attend? 2. How
satisfying is your interaction with your employer? 3. What, if anything, would you change
about your interaction with your friends at college? 4. When did you decide to attend
college? 5. At what point in your college career did you make a choice about your major? 6.
What do you consider to be the most important interaction between parents and their
children? 7. Thinking of the last time you shopped at a grocery store, how would you rate
the clerk’s interaction with you? 8. What type of message could persuade you to change
your views about gun control? 9. To what extent do you agree with the statement “There is
too much violence on television”? Pt 2: Research Before researchers can collect data, they
will need to design research instruments (tools used to collect data). After reviewing
Chapter 8 in the Learning Resources under Survey Research, develop a draft version of a
questionnaire that you intend to use in your proposed research study. The final version of
your instrument will become part of your final research portfolio. Be sure to include a
written introduction to the study. Get consent from your respondents. You should develop
several questions for each of your two variables. (Please indicate for each question which
variable it assesses.) Use mainly closed-ended questions. (Those are the ones with boxes to
check.) Strongly consider the use of scaled questions. Include questions about
demographics (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity etc.) at the END of your questionnaire. It
may be helpful to watch the Scales and Indexes video in the Learning Resources to
understand more sophisticated types of survey questions and analysis. These two resources
can serve as support while developing and designing your own questionnaire: Creating a
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