Registration Virtual Workshop on Questionnaire Design

Questionnaires are the most widely used data collection methods in educational research. The principles for designing a questionnaire or an interview schedule are quite straight forward but they do require careful consideration.Systematic development of questionnaires focusing on a well-crafted conceptualization of the content and transformation of the content into questions is inessential to minimize measurement error--questionnaire content, questionnaire design and format, and respondent.

This workshop describes the process for developing and testing questionnaires and posits five steps to develop a valid and reliable questionnaire to enhance the quality of research:

1. Research background
2. Questionnaire conceptualization
3. Format and data analysis
4. Establishing validity
5. Establishing reliability.

In the questionnaire conceptualization step, emphasis is given on the procedure of operationalization using Lazarsfeld's scheme for measuring concepts. Following these five steps in questionnaire development and testing will enhance data quality and utilization of research.

Thus, this workshop gives careful attention to detail and understanding of the process involved in developing a questionnaire realising the fact thatfailure to following appropriate and systematic procedures in questionnaire development, testing, and evaluation may undermine the quality and utilization of data.