WEEK 4
Psych/610
Mayra Vazquez Castor, Kendora Field, Shonda Green, Bianca Mancia, Roopa Nair, Victoria Price
Dr. Neil Stafford
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Customer Service Survey |
Negative Wording |
Complexity |
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1.Staff was courteous and helpful |
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A double barreled question is a question that talks about two different issues, but only allows for a single answer. This is a double barreled question. It should have been two survey questions. |
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2.Staff provided complete, accurate information to you |
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A double-barreled question makes the mistake of combining what should be two questions into one. This is a double barreled question. Complete and accurate have different meanings and can be given different responses. |
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3. A timely response was provided |
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double-barreled questions may lead to confusion. This is not a double barreled question. |
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4. My overall experience was positive |
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This is not a double barreled question |
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5. The regulations were understandable |
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This is asking one question, it is not double barreled. |
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6.The permit/license. Registration terms and conditions were understandable |
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This is a double barreled questions. Instead of asking one thing, it is asking three different things. This should have been three separate questions. |
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Discuss the importance of writing good survey questions. How can poorly-written questions bias results? It is possible that the most important aspect to developing a survey is to be aware of the processes that is needed for creation of questions that are measure by the opinions, experiences, behaviors of the non-public and the public to get accurate understanding and perception of the information that is gathered. Accurate random sampling and high response rates will be wasted if the information gathered is built on a shaky foundation of ambiguous or biased questions. Creating good measures involves writing good questions void loaded question, double barreled, using good grammar and open and closed ended questions when creating a questionnaire to the public people. The importance of writing a good survey questions is first to understand and void loaded questions. Loaded questions in a survey can create confusion. “A written loaded question focus on “the respondent into an answer that doesn’t accurately reflect his or her opinion or situation (surveymonkey, 2019).” Individuals need to consider and understand the nature of what double barreled can cause when developing a survey. Using this technique can mislead and influence question are that not related to each other causing confusing to the audience taking the survey. Also “the choice of words and phrases in a question is critical in expressing the meaning and intent of the question to the respondent and ensuring that all respondents interpret the question the same way. Even small wording differences can substantially affect the answers people provide (pewresearch, 2015).” One of the most significant decisions that can affect how people answer questions is whether the question is posed as an open-ended question, where respondents provide a response in their own words, or a closed-ended question, where they are asked to choose from a list of answer choices. Every survey should consist of being clear and using uncomplicated language to avoid acronyms, and jargon that may confuse your respondents.
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Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire |
Negative Wording |
Complexity |
Double Barreled |
Loaded |
Grammatically Incorrect |
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How do you rate our responsiveness when dealing with you? |
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Asking double-barreled questions returns inaccurate or unreliable results. This is not a double barreled question. |
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How do you rate our professionalism? |
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Survey questions should always be written in a way that only one thing is being measured. This is not a double barreled question because it is only asking about professionalism. |
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If you received any technical support, how do you rate the technical competence of our engineers and their responsive time. |
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The word and should be avoided in order to avoid double barreled questions. This is a double barreled question because it is asking about the engineers competence and their responsive time. |
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How do your rate our delivery on time performance and our commitment to meet your delivery expectations. |
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This is a double barreled questions. It uses the word and which is commonly used in these type of questions. It is asking about performance and commitment. It should be two questions. |
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How do you rate the competitiveness of our products and do they represent best value for total cost of lifetime membership. |
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This is a double barreled question. It is asking two different questions. The response may be misleading because of this issue. |
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Avoid Bad Survey Questions: Loaded Question, Leading Question. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/5-common-survey-mistakes-ruin-your-data/
Questionnaire design. (2015, January 29). Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/questionnaire-design/