Question Design

Now that you have decided what you want to research and who the survey participants should be, it is time to write your survey questions. This section will walk you through different types of questions commonly used in social science research and help you in both choosing and writing high-quality, effective questions.

Hotjar (n.d.). Survey Questions 101: Over 70 Survey Question Examples + Types of Surveys and FAQs. Hotjar. https://www.hotjar.com/blog/survey-questions/

In this section, you will learn how to:

Identify commonly-used questions for questionnaires and their strengths and weaknesses
Identify characteristics of good questions and use those to evaluate your own survey’s questions
Select appropriate types of questions for your research topic

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