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(in Polish) Questionnaire Design

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Course ID: 2500-PL-PS-SP15-03
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Questionnaire Design
Organizational unit: Faculty of Psychology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Prerequisites (description):

(in Polish) Spec 315

Short description:

The primary goal of the course is to develop understanding of methodology and practical skills necessary in order to design your own questionnaire.

Course will consist three main parts

- Rules of question construction

- Adjusting questions to research needs (adaptation, adjusting scales, item selection)

- Question format selection (how to ask your question in order to get answers that corresponds to your theoretical rationale)

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Classes, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Mikołaj Winiewski
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Classes - Grading
Full description:

The primary goal of the course is to develop understanding of methodology and practical skills necessary in order to design your own questionnaire.

The course will include the following themes:

 Asking questions: the logic and rules

 Psychology of asking question

 Item format selection – pros and cons of different item / scale formats

 Adjusting question format to properties of theoretical construct

 Adjusting question format to assumed statistical analysis

 Open-ended questions (pros, cons and methods of quantitative analysis)

 Social desirability (problems and solutions)

 Questionnaire design (question order, form, format, design)

 Adjusting questionnaire to data collection strategy

NOTE: This course will be run bi-weekly. In contrast to courses focusing on standardized methods, this course will focus on designing ad hoc tools.

The course will consist of mini lectures and in-class exercises

Students will be required to read assigned literature and fulfill homework assignments as well as complete a group project

Bibliography:

Main textbook:

Bradburn, N. M., Sudman, S., & Wansink, B. (2004). Asking questions: the definitive guide to questionnaire design--for market research, political polls, and social and health questionnaires. John Wiley & Sons.

Extra reading:

 Converse, J. M., & Presser, S. (1986). Survey questions: Handcrafting the standardized questionnaire. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

 Brace, I. (2008). Questionnaire design: How to plan, structure and write survey material for effective market research. Kogan Page Publishers.

 Bethlehem, J. (2009). Applied survey methods: A statistical perspective (Vol. 558). John Wiley & Sons.

 De Leeuw, E. D., & Dillman, D. A. (2008). International handbook of survey methodology. Taylor & Francis.

 Vogel, T., & Wanke, M. (2016). Attitudes and attitude change. Psychology Press.

NOTE: We are going to work on the specific projects therefore extra literature (related to the concepts in question) might come up during the process.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Classes, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Mikołaj Winiewski
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Classes - Grading
Full description:

The primary goal of the course is to develop understanding of methodology and practical skills necessary in order to design your own questionnaire.

The course will include the following themes:

 Asking questions: the logic and rules

 Psychology of asking question

 Item format selection – pros and cons of different item / scale formats

 Adjusting question format to properties of theoretical construct

 Adjusting question format to assumed statistical analysis

 Open-ended questions (pros, cons and methods of quantitative analysis)

 Social desirability (problems and solutions)

 Questionnaire design (question order, form, format, design)

 Adjusting questionnaire to data collection strategy

NOTE: This course will be run bi-weekly. In contrast to courses focusing on standardized methods, this course will focus on designing ad hoc tools.

The course will consist of mini lectures and in-class exercises

Students will be required to read assigned literature and fulfill homework assignments as well as complete a group project

Bibliography:

Main textbook:

Bradburn, N. M., Sudman, S., & Wansink, B. (2004). Asking questions: the definitive guide to questionnaire design--for market research, political polls, and social and health questionnaires. John Wiley & Sons.

Extra reading:

 Converse, J. M., & Presser, S. (1986). Survey questions: Handcrafting the standardized questionnaire. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

 Brace, I. (2008). Questionnaire design: How to plan, structure and write survey material for effective market research. Kogan Page Publishers.

 Bethlehem, J. (2009). Applied survey methods: A statistical perspective (Vol. 558). John Wiley & Sons.

 De Leeuw, E. D., & Dillman, D. A. (2008). International handbook of survey methodology. Taylor & Francis.

 Vogel, T., & Wanke, M. (2016). Attitudes and attitude change. Psychology Press.

NOTE: We are going to work on the specific projects therefore extra literature (related to the concepts in question) might come up during the process.

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