The document provides guidelines for creating effective questionnaires, focusing on the target group's age and circumstances. It emphasizes keeping questions short, relevant, and straightforward while using systematic sequencing and avoiding technical jargon. Additionally, it advises including more closed-ended questions to minimize confusion and response time.

1. HOW TO PREPARE
A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, KSTC
By Hathib k.k.

2. Nature
of the
Study
Age
Level of
Target
Group
The Life
Circumsta
nces of
the Target
Group
FACTORS TO BE
CONSIDERED
WHEN PREPARING
A QUESTIONNAIRE
By Hathib k.k.

3. So, Let’s
Start Writing it
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4. Make it
Short
Who would spend time for filling
a long questionnaire in this busy
world?
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5. Start with
Personal
Information
Who would not be interested in
saying something about himself?
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6. Keep systematic
sequencing
If the later questions are related
with the earlier ones, it makes it
easier for the respondent to fill it
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7. Avoid Technical
Terms
Who knows all the technical
terms which you keep in your
stuff?
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8. Make your
Questions
Specific
You would better ask ‘Which
teacher you like most?’, instead of
asking ‘ Do you Like Your
Teachers?’
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9. Avoid complex
Sentences
If you ask, ‘ Do you like your teacher who
always beats you, though he teaches well
during the school hours?’, what will be the
feeling of the respondent?
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10. Include more
closed end
questions
Open ended questions may create
confusion, and it also may
consume more time
By Hathib k.k.