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PROBLEMS WITH READING: Determine whether it is difficult for the interviewers to read the question uniformly to all respondents. +1a – WHAT TO READ: Interviewers may have difficulty determining what parts of the question are to be read. +1b – MISSING INFORMATION: Information the interviewer needs to administer the question is not contained in the question. +1c – HOW TO READ: Question is not fully scripted and therefore difficult to read. + +2. PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUCTIONS: Look for problems with any introductions, instructions, or explanations from the respondent’s point of view. +2a – CONFLICTING OR INACCURATE INSTRUCTIONS, introductions, or explanations. +2b – COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS, introductions, or explanations. + +3. PROBLEMS WITH ITEM CLARITY: Identify problems related to communicating the intent or meaning of the question to the respondent. +3a – WORDING: The question is lengthy, awkward, ungrammatical, or contains complicated syntax. +3b – TECHNICAL TERMS are undefined, unclear, or complex. +3c – VAGUE: The question is vague because there are multiple ways in which to interpret it or to determine what is to be included and excluded. +3d – REFERENCE PERIODS are missing, not well specified, or are in conflict. + +4. PROBLEMS WITH ASSUMPTIONS: Determine whether there are problems with assumptions made or the underlying logic. +4a – INAPPROPRIATE ASSUMPTIONS are made about the respondent or his/her living situation. +4b – ASSUMES CONSTANT behavior: The question inappropriately assumes a constant pattern of behavior or experience for situations that in fact vary. +4c – DOUBLE-BARRELED question that contains multiple implicit questions. + +5. PROBLEMS WITH KNOWLEDGE/MEMORY: Check whether respondents are likely to not know +or have trouble remembering information. +5a – KNOWLEDGE: The respondent is unlikely to know the answer. +5b – An ATTITUDE that is asked about may not exist. +5c – RECALL failure. +5d – COMPUTATION or calculation problem. + +6. PROBLEMS WITH SENSITIVITY/BIAS: Assess questions for sensitive nature or wording, and for bias. +6a – SENSITIVE CONTENT: The question is on a topic that people will generally be uncomfortable talking about. +6b – A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE response is implied. + +7. PROBLEMS WITH RESPONSE CATEGORIES: Assess the adequacy of the range of responses to be recorded. +7a – OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS that are inappropriate or difficult. +7b – MISMATCH between question and answer categories. +7c – TECHNICAL TERMS are undefined, unclear, or complex +7d – VAGUE response categories. +7e – OVERLAPPING response categories. +7f – MISSING response categories. +7g – ILLOGICAL ORDER of response categories. + +### Things to pay attention to when testing the questionnaire. +- Which items require respondents to think hard before they answer? +- What cognitive processes do they adopt to answer difficult questions? +- Which items seem to produce irritation, embarrassment, or confusion? +- Are there any items that respondents consider comical? +- Does the style of the question generate bias? +- Are the answers we get what we really want for the purpose of the study? +- Is there enough variability in the answers received? +- Are there local expressions that should be incorporated into the items to avoid ambiguity? +- Is the questionnaire too long? +- In the eye of the respondent, have any other important issues been overlooked in the questionnaire? diff --git a/ea/Surveys/Gant.chart.pdf b/ea/Surveys/Gant.chart.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..c86ebda Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/Gant.chart.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/Giuseppe Iarossi - The Power of Survey Design_ A User's Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents (2006, World Bank Publications).pdf b/ea/Surveys/Giuseppe Iarossi - The Power of Survey Design_ A User's Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents (2006, World Bank Publications).pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..8962b5a Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/Giuseppe Iarossi - The Power of Survey Design_ A User's Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents (2006, World Bank Publications).pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/ISDIndex.pdf b/ea/Surveys/ISDIndex.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5821b29 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/ISDIndex.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/Improving_Survey_Questions_Chapter7.pdf b/ea/Surveys/Improving_Survey_Questions_Chapter7.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..822f7d1 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/Improving_Survey_Questions_Chapter7.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/ListOfPrinciplesISD.pdf b/ea/Surveys/ListOfPrinciplesISD.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..cb8a978 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/ListOfPrinciplesISD.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/Pareto-principle-checklist.pdf b/ea/Surveys/Pareto-principle-checklist.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..2993842 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/Pareto-principle-checklist.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/PrinciplesOfSurveyDesignIndex.pdf b/ea/Surveys/PrinciplesOfSurveyDesignIndex.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c89e76e Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/PrinciplesOfSurveyDesignIndex.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/Summary.pdf b/ea/Surveys/Summary.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..a47324c Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/Summary.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/[Dr._Floyd_J._Fowler]_Improving_Survey_Questions__(b-ok.cc).pdf b/ea/Surveys/[Dr._Floyd_J._Fowler]_Improving_Survey_Questions__(b-ok.cc).pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..a31b3cd Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/[Dr._Floyd_J._Fowler]_Improving_Survey_Questions__(b-ok.cc).pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/checklist.pdf b/ea/Surveys/checklist.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6fe8111 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/checklist.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/p108-Infosheet.pdf b/ea/Surveys/p108-Infosheet.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b09df3d Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/p108-Infosheet.pdf differ diff --git a/ea/Surveys/p21-Survey-Objectives.pdf b/ea/Surveys/p21-Survey-Objectives.pdf new file mode 100755 index 0000000..cc1b698 Binary files /dev/null and b/ea/Surveys/p21-Survey-Objectives.pdf differ