Assumptions for Questionnaire Construction. Lecture given at the Institute of Management, NIRMA University.

1. Dr. D. Dutta Roy, Indian Statistical Institute
DESIGNING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DOCTORAL
RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT
Dr. D. Dutta Roy, Ph.D.
Psychology Research Unit
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
203, B.T. Road, Kolkata – 700 108
E-mail: ddroy@isical.ac.in
http://www.isical.ac.in/~ddroy
Doctoral Programme of Management
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Date:8. 4. 2016

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What is Questionnaire ?
•It is the objective, reliable and valid set of
items that can gauge individual differences
in the construct and can predict changes in
others.
Doctoral Programme of Management
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Date:8. 4. 2016

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Objectivity
•It should be free from any subjectivity (personal
judgment regarding ability, skill, traits, knowledge to be
measured and evaluated).
•Instruction should be uniform.
•The scores must be independent of rater’s bias or
individual’s own beliefs
•Administration, scoring pattern should be uniform.
•There should be standard scoring system. Individual
scores with respect to norms provide accurate information
about diagnosis of individual.

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Reliability
• Reliability refers to the
consistency of scores
obtained by the same
persons when re-
examined with the same
questionnaire on different
occasions, or with
different sets of
equivalent items, or under
other variable examining
conditions.
•Test – retest reliability
•Alternate – form
reliability
•Split-half reliability
•Rational equivalence
•Cronbach’s
coefficient alpha

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Validity
•The degree to
which a
questionnaire
actually measures
whatever it
purports to
measure.
•Content validity
•Construct validity
•Criterion validity
•Differential validity

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Item
•Unit of the construct;
•Indicates component
of behaviour of the
construct.
•Item analysis
•Individual item
discrimination
•Item-total correlation
•Distractor analysis

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Construct
•It is the abstraction of
concept.
•Theory is made of
postulates.
•And postulates are
made of constructs.
•Construct is uni-and
multidimensional.
•Multi-dimensional
construct includes
several sub constructs.

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Individual difference
Behavior varies within
and across individuals
over time.
•Intra Individual
•Inter individual
•Intra group
•Inter groups
•Individual and group

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Predictability
•Questionnaire is
purposive. One major
purpose is prediction.

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My publications on Management
2000-16
1. Kundu,A.and Dutta Roy,Debdulal (2016). Innovative work behaviour of
School teachers: role of belief for Innovation and personality patterns.Journal
of Organisation and Human Behaviour,5,1,21-28.
2. Dutta Roy, D. (2015). Rabindrik value orientations of war returned senior
rank police officers. Journal of Organization & Human Behaviour,4,4,2015.
3. Dutta Roy,D and Basu,D. (2013). Rabindrik work value preference.
Psybernews,4,2,82-89.
4. Dutta Roy, D., Ghosh,S. and Rahman, F.H. (2012).Perceived Environmental
Uncertainty in Crop cultivation in West Bengal: Agro Psychological
Counselling Perspective. Indian Journal of Psychology. Special issue,
January, 111-120.
5. Roy,A. and Dutta Roy,D.(2010).Predicting cash flow of Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan in West Bengal : An exploratory study of public finance. Journal of
Management research in Emerging economics. Vol.1.1. (in print).
6. Ganguly,A. and Dutta Roy,D. (2010). Web Content analysis to study
researches on entrepreneurial psychology. PSYBER NEWS: International
Psychology Research Publication,1,2,27-31.
7. Dutta Roy,D. (2006). Non-financial accounting for innovation: A Conceptual
framework, The Vision,Journal of Management and Allied Sciences, 2,3,1-7.
8. Dutta Roy,D. (2006). Managing Incentive for Innovation, Effective
Executive, 8,11,87-90.
9. Dutta Roy, D.(2006). Managing school infrastructure for indigenous people
in hills of Manipur, The Vision, Journal of Management and Allied Sciences,
2,1, 27-32.
10. Dutta Roy, D. and Roy, S.K.(2006). Effect of workers education in achieving
organizational excellence: A case study in Jute mill. Proceedings of the 4th
Indian Congress on Quality, Environment, Energy and Safety management
system,Kolkata: Oxford Publishing House, 1-14
11. Dutta Roy, D. (2005). What do computer programmers want for job
satisfaction ?: Problem of Human resource Management, Journal of Applied
Psychological Issues, Vol. 11, 1&2, 7-14.
1. Dutta Roy, D. and Roy, S.K.(2006). Effect of workers education in achieving
organizational excellence: A case study in Jute mill. Proceedings of the 4th
Indian Congress on Quality, Environment, Energy and Safety management
system,Kolkata: Oxford Publishing House, 1-14
2. Dutta Roy, D. (2005). What do computer programmers want for job
satisfaction ?: Problem of Human resource Management, Journal of Applied
Psychological Issues, Vol. 11, 1&2, 7-14.
3. Dutta Roy, D. (2003).Individual characteristics for the success in computer
programming, Journal of Personality and Clinical Studies,19,1,57-61.
4. Dutta Roy, D. (2003).Organizational Diagnosis,Tapasya,Vol.3, 25th
December,pp 7-10.
5. Dutta Roy, D. (2003).Organizational Diagnosis: Behavioural Perspectives,,
AIM EXPLORE,Vol.1,1,July-December,pp 36-39.
6. Dutta Roy,D. (2002). Correspondence between item and rating on the
checklist of relative importance of computer programming tasks., Journal of
Psychometry, 16,2,67-76.
7. Dutta Roy, D. (2002). Aptitude Importance Profile Similarity of Computer
Programmers Across Different Organizations, Indian Journal of
Psychological Issues, 10, 1&2, 129-132.
8. Dutta Roy,D. (2002). Computer programming job analysis, Management and
Labour Studies, 27,4,255-262.
9. Dutta Roy, D. and Mallik, R. (2000) Ranking General aptitudes for success
in computer programming, Journal of the Indian Academy of applied
Psychology, Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 26, 1-2,
135-139.
10. Dutta Roy, D. & Mukhopadhyay, S. (1999) Organizational coping and
organizational commitment across organizational hiearchies in heavy
engineering organizations, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 10, 2, 5-20.
11. Dutta Roy, D., Mallik,R, Banerjee,I. (2000) . Factor analysis of computer
programming tasks, Vignana Bharathi, 16,1, 43-48

11. Dr. D. Dutta Roy, Indian Statistical Institute
My publications on Management
1988-1999
1. Dutta Roy, D. (1999) Item response theory in
Organizational Psychology : A Review, Journal of the
Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 25, 1-2, 125-
128.
2. Dutta Roy,D. and Ghosh,M. (1997) Assessing the
health of a hospital - A process state
approach Management and Labour studies, 22,1,6-12.
3. Dutta Roy, D. (1997) Relative prediction of
Organizational Health Variables in predicting Job
satisfaction,Productivity, 38,3,458-461.
4. Dutta Roy, D. and Ghosh, M.(1997) - Awareness of
hospital environment and organizational
commitment, Journal of Social Psychology, 137,3,380-
386.
5. Dutta Roy, D. (1996) Organizational health
survey,Productivity,37,3,464-466.
6. Dutta Roy,D., Mukerjee,M., and Chatterjee, A.
(1993) Application of correspondence analysis in
understanding organizational awareness pattern,Journal
of Psychometry, 6,2,11-18.
7. Dutta Roy,D.,Chatterjee,A.(1992) Factor structures of
Organizational Health Scale, Journal of
Psychometry, 5,2,19-26.
1. Dutta Roy,D.(1992) Organizational health and life
satisfaction : A Path-analytic model,Managerial
Psychology,51-62.
2. Dutta Roy,D. (1991)Organizational awareness: Relationship
to employee age,education and tenure,Management of labour
studies, 16,4,189-191.
3. Dutta Roy,D. (1991)A comparative study of organizational
awareness strategies in private and public
sector, Decision,18,1,41-44.
4. Dutta Roy,D.(1991) A model of change in Organizational
health to improve Quality of life,Social Science
International, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 189-191.
5. Chatterjee,A.& Dutta Roy,D (1991) Awareness of external
environment,environmental satisfaction and mental
health,Indian journal of Applied Psychlogy, 29,2, 74-77.