A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents. Research is defined as Human activity based on Intellectual application in the investigation of Matter. A question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for Information, or else the request itself made by such an expression Although they are often designed for statistical analysis of the responses, this is not always the case. Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. The questionnaire was invented by Sir Francis Galton. Sir Francis Galton FRS ( 16 February 1822 &ndash 17 January 1911) half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an

Questionnaires are used by sociologists, positivists prefer closed questions.

Questionnaires have advantages over some other types of surveys in that they are cheap, do not require as much effort from the questioner as verbal or telephone surveys, and often have standardized answers that make it simple to compile data. Statistical surveys are used to collect quantitative information about items in a population However, such standardized answers may frustrate users. Questionnaires are also sharply limited by the fact that respondents must be able to read the questions and respond to them. Thus, for some demographic groups conducting a survey by questionnaire may not be practical.

As a type of survey, questionnaires also have many of the same problems relating to question construction and wording that exist in other types of opinion polls. An opinion poll is a survey of Public opinion from a particular sample.

See also

• Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)
• Questionnaire construction
• Structured interviewing
• Web experiment list
• Quantitative marketing research
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• More information about the synonyms for questionnaire

A questionnaire method is suitable to get a brief and objective data about the members. Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI is an interviewing technique similar to Computer-assisted telephone interviewing, except that the interview takes place in person A questionnaire is a series of questions asked to individuals to obtain statistically useful information about a given topic A structured Interview (also known as a standardised interview or a researcher-administered survey) is a Quantitative research method commonly A Web-based experiment is an Experiment that is conducted over the Internet. Quantitative marketing research is the application of quantitative research techniques to the field of marketing The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS is a United States national Health survey that looks at behavioral risk factors

External links

• The Question Bank
• Harmonised questions from the UK Office for National Statistics
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• UK Market Research Society[1]
• Hints for Designing Effective Questionnaires - from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation. The Office for National Statistics (ONS is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly

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