The document defines a questionnaire as a list of written questions related to a topic that is distributed to respondents to answer. It provides advantages such as being easy to construct and distribute, responses are easy to tabulate, and respondents can answer freely and accurately. Disadvantages include some respondents not being able to read or write, or not returning the questionnaire. The document outlines steps for constructing a questionnaire, including researching the topic, drafting questions, editing, pretesting, and finalizing the questionnaire. It also describes different types of questionnaire questions.

1. QUESTIONNAIRE

2. Definition
 It is a list of planned written questions
related to a particular topic, with space
provided for submission to a number of
persons for reply. --According to Good

3. Definition
 Is simply a set of questions which
answered properly by a required number
of properly selected respondents, will
supply the necessary information to
complete a research study.

4. Advantages of Questionnaire
 The Questionnaire is easy to construct
 Distribution is easy and inexpensive
 Responses are easy to tabulate
 The respondents replies are free

5. Advantages of Questionnaire
 Confidential information may be given
freely
 Respondents can fill out the
questionnaire at will
 Respondents can give more accurate
replies.

6. Disadvantages of Questionnaire
 Cannot be used with those who cannot
read nor write well
 Respondents may not return the filled
up copies of the questionnaire
purposely
 If respondents give wrong
information, it cannot be corrected at
once

7. Disadvantages of Questionnaire
 Respondents may leave questions
unanswered because nobody urges him
 Some questions may be vague to
respondents
 Number of choices maybe so limited
that the respondents may be forced to
select response that are not actual
choices

8. Construction of Questionnaire
 Doing library search
 Talking to knowledgeable people
 Mastering the guidelines
 Writing the questionnaire
 Editing the questionnaire
 Rewriting the questionnaire
 Pretesting the questionnaire
 Writing the questionnaire in final form

9. Doing library search
 Do some library research among
studies similar to yours? There may be
some questionnaires similar to what
you want to use.

10. Talking to knowledgeable one
 Talk to people who have some
knowledge about the construction of
questionnaires. You may be able to get
some ideas from them.

11. Mastering Guidelines
 There are guidelines in constructing a
questionnaire. You learn these from
books and similar studies in your
library search and from your
interviews with knowledgeable people.

12. Writing the Questionnaire
 Write the questionnaire following the
guidelines as closely as possible

13. Editing the Questionnaire
 After the questionnaire has been
finished, show it for correction and
suggestions for improvement to people
who are known to posses adequate
knowledge in the construction of
questionnaires, especially if you have
one.

14. Rewriting the Questionnaire
 Rewrite the questionnaire according to
the corrections and suggestions

15. Pretesting the Questionnaire
 This is called a dry run. This is the
process of measuring the effectiveness,
validity, and reliability of the
questionnaire.

16.  Are the directions, statements,
questions and/or items clear and
unequivocal?
 Do the questions gather the intended
data?
 What difficulties are encountered in
answering the questions?
 Are the respondents given adequate
number of options from which they
choose their response?

17.  Is the questionnaire too long that it
creates boredom or is it too short that
the information gathered is not
adequate?
 What item should be eliminated or
improve? What other items should be
included?

18. Some of Questions (Pretest)
 Were the directions very clear to you?
 Did you understand completely the
questions or items?
 What difficulties did you meet in
answering the questions?
 If the respondents failed to answer
some questions: Why did you not
answer the question?

19. Some of Questions (Pretest)
 Are the spaces where you wrote your
replies sufficient?
 Are the number of options from which
you selected your response enough?
 Is the questionnaire too long?
 What suggestions can you give to
improve the questionnaire?

20. Writing the Final Form
 After making the proper corrections,
adjustments and revisions according to
the results of the dry run or pretesting,
the questionnaire should be now
written in its final form.

21. Types of Questions (Survey)
1. The Free answer type
-- it is also called the open
ended, unrestricted, essay, etc. The
respondents answer the question in
his own words.
Example: What is your current marital
status?

22. Types of Questions (Survey)
2. The Guided response type
-- also called closed form or restricted
type. The respondent is guided in making
his reply. There is 2 kind of this type:
A.) Recall type – replies are recalled
Example: Pls. Supply the information asked
for. Age ____ Sex _____ Date of Birth
________

23. Types of Questions (Survey)
B.) Recognition Types – The possible
responses are given and respondent
select his answer. There are three types
(1)Dichotomus – only 2 options and one
is selected.
Ex. Are you married? YES __ NO __

24. (2) Multiple Choice -- Only one answer
is chosen from those given as options.
Ex. What is your highest educational
attainment
Please put a check mark before you
reply
_____ Elementary Graduate
_____ High School Graduate
_____ College Graduate

25. (3) Numerical -- When the answer must
be a number, ask a numerical question.
Ex. What is your current age? (select
one)
____ Less than 18
____ 18 to 29
____ 30 to 39
____ 40 to 49
____ 50 or older

26. (4) Ordinal -- A ranking indicates the
importance assigned by a participant to
an attitudinal object.
Ex. Please rank the importance of the following
qualities in a team leader. (number it from 1-5)
__ A team leader that is sincere
__ A team leader that gets resources for the
team
__ A team leader that is an advocate for the
team
__ A team leader that is a strong disciplinarian
__ A team leader that is a good motivator

27. (5) Likert Scale -- trying to determine
respondents’ attitudes or feelings about
something.
Ex. How important do you think NAT scores
are to a High School student’s success?
(select one):
Not very
important 1 2 3 4 5 Extremely
important