Survey Methodologies

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This paper discusses ways in which surveys can be conducted in educational research. The author explains that surveys make up the bulk of the research investigations conducted in the field of education as the aim is to collect and analyze pertinent data on particular phenomena. The paper describes several survey methods and also gives examples of how and when each survey method should be utilized.

Outline:
Introduction
Questionnaire and Interview
Survey Methods
Cross-Sectional Surveys
Longitudinal Surveys
Trend or Prediction Surveys
Question Development in Survey Design
Rating Scales in Data Instruments
Reference List

From the Paper:

"Most surveys are conducted with the use of questionnaires that are distributed for the sample population to fill out. Other researchers on the other hand, conduct personal interviews with the individual respondents of their sample population. Whichever way the survey was accomplished, researchers often use either qualitative questions that allow the respondent to openly write down their thoughts or opinions on topics outlined in the questionnaire, or researchers could also employ quantitative questions which already contain specific answers for the respondents to choose, i.e. true or false, strongly agree, mildly disagree, etc."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Battey, K. (n.d.) Survey Questions and Answer Types. In Survey Console. Retrieved November 6, 2007, from http://www.surveyconsole.com/console/showArticle.do?articleID=survey-questions.
• Borg, W.R., & Gall, M.D. (2006). Educational Research: An Introduction (8th Edition). United States: Pearson / Allyn & Bacon.
• Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2000). Research Methods in Education (5th Edition). United Kingdom: Routledge.
• Doyle, J.K. (n.d.). Introduction to Survey Methodology and Design. In SySurvey. Retrieved November 6, 2007, from http://www.sysurvey.com/tips/introduction_to_survey.htm.
• Survey Methods. (n.d.). In University of Texas. Retrieved November 6, 2007, from http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~palmquis/courses/survey.html.

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