Questionnaire

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A basic questionnaire in Thai

A questionnaire is a research instrument that consists of a set of questions (or other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents through survey or statistical study. A research questionnaire is typically a mix of close-ended questions and open-ended questions. Open-ended, long-term questions offer the respondent the ability to elaborate on their thoughts. The Research questionnaire was developed by the Statistical Society of London in 1838.[1][2]

Although questionnaires are often designed for statistical analysis of the responses, this is not always the case.

Questionnaires have advantages over some other types of survey tools 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.[3] However, such standardized answers may frustrate users as the possible answers may not accurately represent their desired responses.[4] 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 concretely feasible.[5]

  1. ^ Gault, RH (1907). "A history of the questionnaire method of research in psychology". Research in Psychology. 14 (3): 366–383. doi:10.1080/08919402.1907.10532551.
  2. ^ A copy of the instrument was published in the Journal of the Statistical Society, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1838, pages 5–13. Fourth Annual Report of the Council of the Statistical Society of London, JSTOR i315562
  3. ^ "The Roma have a much younger population". OECD Economic Surveys: Slovak Republic. 2019-02-05. doi:10.1787/d8c7c39a-en. ISBN 9789264311350. ISSN 1999-0588. S2CID 242796295.
  4. ^ "questions-answers-the-international-criminal-court-may-2010". doi:10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-0162-0046. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Rajaee Rizi, Farid; Asgarian, Fatemeh Sadat (2022-08-24). "Reliability, validity, and psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Tayside children's sleep questionnaire" (PDF). Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 21: 97–103. doi:10.1007/s41105-022-00420-6. ISSN 1479-8425. S2CID 245863909.