Lesson 3: Writing questionnaire items

Question 1

What are questionnaire items

Answer 1

A series of questions developed with an aim of data collection for research purposes

Question 2

What are categorical variables

Answer 2

They are variables that can be grouped into categories by assigning a label

Question 3

What is a rating scale

Answer 3

It’s an assessment technique where response options are ranked in a systematic order.

Question 4

Define indigenous knowledge

Answer 4

It is ways of knowing that are embedded in indigenous peoples traditions and cultures

Question 5

Define indigenous languages

Answer 5

It is a language that is native to the people of the land

Question 6

Explain colonialism

Answer 6

It is the invasion of and forceful settlement in foreign lands and designing policies and practices that ensure systematic exploitation of those lands cultural social and economic resources

Question 7

What is meant in term western ways

Answer 7

It is ways of knowing and understanding the world that are rooted in western cultures and traditions

Question 8

What are the components of good questionnaire items

Answer 8

1. Be based on a meaningful definition of description of what you want to measure.
2. Constructing items requires in-depth knowledge of the topic and requires creativity in selecting items appropriate to context
3. should be aimed at obtaining meaningful info about Behaviour experience ideas attitudes or perception of respondents
4. Careful thought must be given to relevance language level cultural interpretation and clarity.

Question 9

What is the social desirability response bias

Answer 9

Is a tendency to choose what one believes to be the most socially acceptable response.

Question 10

What is a response style

Answer 10

It is a tendency to make a particular type of response regardless of the item content.