Title: 5. Questionnaires
Course: EDPS0009: Researching Education and Society: Qualitative Methods 2020/2021

5. Data collection methods: Questionnaires

We will look at questionnaires, exploring what a questionnaire is and what research questions it can help to answer. We will also discuss issues related to sample sizes and different types of questionnaires and also talk about some technical and practical aspects of the qualitative survey design. You will then design your own questionnaire.

By the end of this component you will:

- Understand what the roles, benefits and drawbacks of questionnaires are
- Understand what kinds of research questions questionnaires can answer
- Know how the practicalities involved in carrying out questionnaires are
- Know how to develop a questionnaire

Independent study materials