Improving survey questions design and evaluation
What is a good question? Although there are several potential sources for error in survey data, the validity of surveys is dependent upon the design of the question asked. This invaluable book shows how to word and format questions that will evoke the kind of answers for which they are designed and...
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Thousand Oaks
SAGE Publications
1995
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Improving survey questions design and evaluation