This presentation was used as a requirement for a course.
It is about what survey is and also its types. All information is from the internet. Credits to the owners. (Sorry I wasn't able to put a section for the sources because the list got lost.)
2. Survey
• gather information about
individuals
• ask multiple questions
• provides an important
source of basic scientific
knowledge.
3. Common Survey Methods
structured
interview
• the researcher
asks each
participant the
questions
questionnaire
• the participant fills
out the survey on
his or her own.
4. Plan A Survey
1. Lay out the objectives of
the investigation
2. Develop the
Questionnaire
3. Identify the Setting
4. Identify the Mode
5. Select the Sample
6. Conduct the Fieldwork
7. Enter, Edit, and Prepare
Data for Analysis
8. Conduct Analyses
9. Write and Disseminate
Reports
5. Polls
• Asks multiple choice
question
• allow the voter to
select just one
answer or allow them
to choose multiple
answers.
6. Developmental
• a way in which physical, psychological and
social changes that occur at different ages and
stages over a life span from conception to
childbirth, is studied.
7.
8. Cross-sectional Research
utilizes different
groups of people who
differ in the variable of
interest, but share
other characteristics
such as
socioeconomic status,
educational
background, and
ethnicity
10. Panel
• find out why changes in the population are
occurring
• use the same sample of people every time
• difficult to conduct – too expensive, take a lot of
time and suffer from high attrition rates
• Attrition is what occurs when people drop out of
the study