SOCI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sampling Error, Vagueness, Collectively Exhaustive Events
Week 7- Survey
Midterm II
• March 5th
• Chapter 5-8
• 17 m/c
• 6 T/F
• 1 definition from 4 concepts
• 2 short answers
o measuring variable
o Solomon four group and calculating weights
Questionnaire Construction
• Self-administered, interview surveys, telephone, online
Closed vs open ended questions
• Closed-ended
o What is this perso’s arital status
o No other, but still close-ended
o Easy to analyze
o Respondents find it quicker
o Do’t get opportuity to share a lot
• Open-ended
o What is perso’s ethic origi
o Space to write
o Very valid
o Possibilities of answers are not limited
o Generate new knowledge
o People give different levels of detail though
Contingency questions
• When certain questionnaire items are relevant to some respondents but not others
• People answer another question based on the previous question
Matrix questions
• Use when the options are similar
• Like strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree etc.
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Document Summary
Midterm ii: march 5th, chapter 5-8, 17 m/c, 6 t/f, 1 definition from 4 concepts, 2 short answers, measuring variable, solomon four group and calculating weights. Questionnaire construction: self-administered, interview surveys, telephone, online. Contingency questions: when certain questionnaire items are relevant to some respondents but not others, people answer another question based on the previous question. Matrix questions: use when the options are similar, like strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree etc, fast surveys, but some people start ticking without reading. Few tips: make items clear, close-ended questions should be mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive, begin with easy and interesting questions, keep an order of questions that maintains interest of respondents, spread out and uncluttered, pretest questionnaires. Jargon, slang, abbreviations: vagueness, questions beyond capabilities, emotionally charged language, leading questions, biased items, double barrelled questions, not relevant questions, negative questions and double-negatives, threatening questions.
