By the end of the session, attendants will be able to know: 1. What is a questionnaire? 2. Criteria of a good questionnaire 3. Steps of designing a good questionnaire

1. “Fundamentals of Scientific Researches”
Dr. Rajaa A. Mahmoud
MBChB, DCM, MPH, PhD
raja.mohmoud@uobasrah.edu.iq
Designing a
Research
Questionnaire

2. Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, You’ll be able to know:
What is a questionnaire?
Criteria of a good questionnaire
Steps of designing
a good questionnaire

3. What is a questionnaire?
“A questionnaire is a set of written questions
designed to gather information about the
opinions, preferences, experiences, intentions, and
behavior of individuals and can be derived for the
purposes of a scientific study”.

4. Criteria of a good questionnaire
Well-designed questionnaire is highly structured to:
 Allow the same types of information to be
collected from a large number of respondents in
the same way
 For data to be analyzed quantitatively.

5. Criteria of a good questionnaire
1. Language must be clear.
2. Content of the question must be specific
3. Each question shows a single purpose.
4. No assumptions OR suggestions are linked to the
questions.

6. Steps of designing a good questionnaire
1. Identify your research aims and the goal of your
questionnaire
What kind of information do you want to gather with
your questionnaire?
What is your main objective?
Already existing questionnaires?

7. 2. Define your target respondents
 Children, adults, women…ect (with
specifications)
 You can’t test everyone – Representative
Sample.
Steps of designing a good questionnaire

8. 3. Develop questions
 Smart questions (phrased in a way that
prevents any misunderstanding/ ambiguitie).
 Avoid long questionnaires with a huge
amount of questions in small paper&
complicated phrasing.
 Avoid jargons.
Steps of designing a good questionnaire

9. 4. Choose your question type:
 Closed /Opened
 Quantitative/Qualitative
Steps of designing a good questionnaire

10. 5. Design question sequence and overall layout
 From one question to the next?
 Any skip-rules?
Steps of designing a good questionnaire

11. 6. Pilot it.
 Identify issues in readability & understanding,
in timing, phrasing and overall arrangement.
 Statistical evaluation of the data.
Steps of designing a good questionnaire

12. References
1. Gault, R. (1907). A History of the Questionnaire
Method of Research in Psychology. The Pedagogical
Seminary, 14(3), 366-383.
2. June Bars. Criteria for a good questionnaire. Slide
share-2022
3. Bryn Farnsworth. How to Design a Questionnaire.
Umea University . 2021