Questionnaire design : how to plan, structure, and write survey material for effective market research /

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Author / Creator:Brace, Ian, 1949-
Imprint:London ; Sterling, VA : Kogan Page, 2004.
Description:xii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:English
Series:Market research in practice series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5701342
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ISBN:074944181X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Without Visual QSL installed, Windows PC with Internet explorer version 5 or later ; with Visual QSL installed, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Pentium 700 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, disk space 15 MB.
Table of Contents:
  • The Market Research Society
  • The editorial board
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1.. Objectives in writing a questionnaire
  • Introduction
  • The questionnaire in the survey process
  • Stakeholders in the questionnaire
  • The objectives of the study
  • Recruitment questionnaires
  • Collecting unbiased and accurate data
  • 2.. The data collection media
  • Introduction
  • Interviewer-administered interviews
  • Self-completion surveys
  • 3.. Planning the questionnaire
  • Introduction
  • Defining the information required
  • Sequencing the sections
  • Exclusion question
  • Screening questions
  • Main questionnaire
  • 4.. Types of question and data
  • Introduction
  • Question types
  • Open and closed questions
  • Spontaneous questions
  • Prompted questions
  • Open-ended questions
  • Pre-coded questions
  • Data types
  • 5.. Rating scales and attitude measurement
  • Attitude measurement
  • Itemized rating scales
  • Attitudinal rating scales
  • Rating scales in customer satisfaction research
  • The dimensions
  • Comparative scaling techniques
  • Measuring brand image
  • 6.. Writing the questionnaire
  • Introduction
  • Use of language
  • Avoiding ambiguity in the question
  • Determining the pre-codes
  • Using prompts
  • Order bias and prompts
  • Question order
  • Standardizing questions
  • Tracking studies
  • Omnibus studies
  • 7.. Laying out the questionnaire
  • Introduction
  • Interviewer-administered paper questionnaires
  • Self-completion paper questionnaire
  • Electronic questionnaires
  • 8.. Piloting the questionnaire
  • Introduction
  • Why pilot questionnaires?
  • Types of pilot surveys
  • 9.. Ethical issues
  • Introduction
  • Responsibilities to respondents
  • Responsibilities to clients
  • 10.. Social desirability bias
  • Response bias
  • Social desirability bias
  • Dealing with SDB
  • Determining whether SDB exists
  • 11.. International surveys
  • Introduction
  • Client presence
  • Common or tailored approaches
  • Translating the questionnaire
  • Demographic data
  • Cultural response differences
  • Laying out the questionnaire
  • Appendix 1. Example questionnaire
  • Appendix 2. The Market Research Society Code of Conduct
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Index