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# Pareto Principle Checklist for Question Design
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### Problems to watch out for before testing the questionnaire.
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1. PROBLEMS WITH READING: Determine whether it is difficult for the interviewers to read the question uniformly to all respondents.
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1a – WHAT TO READ: Interviewers may have difficulty determining what parts of the question are to be read.
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1b – MISSING INFORMATION: Information the interviewer needs to administer the question is not contained in the question.
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1c – HOW TO READ: Question is not fully scripted and therefore difficult to read.
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2. PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUCTIONS: Look for problems with any introductions, instructions, or explanations from the respondent’s point of view.
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2a – CONFLICTING OR INACCURATE INSTRUCTIONS, introductions, or explanations.
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2b – COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS, introductions, or explanations.
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3. PROBLEMS WITH ITEM CLARITY: Identify problems related to communicating the intent or meaning of the question to the respondent.
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3a – WORDING: The question is lengthy, awkward, ungrammatical, or contains complicated syntax.
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3b – TECHNICAL TERMS are undefined, unclear, or complex.
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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.
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3d – REFERENCE PERIODS are missing, not well specified, or are in conflict.
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4. PROBLEMS WITH ASSUMPTIONS: Determine whether there are problems with assumptions made or the underlying logic.
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4a – INAPPROPRIATE ASSUMPTIONS are made about the respondent or his/her living situation.
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4b – ASSUMES CONSTANT behavior: The question inappropriately assumes a constant pattern of behavior or experience for situations that in fact vary.
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4c – DOUBLE-BARRELED question that contains multiple implicit questions.
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5. PROBLEMS WITH KNOWLEDGE/MEMORY: Check whether respondents are likely to not know
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or have trouble remembering information.
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5a – KNOWLEDGE: The respondent is unlikely to know the answer.
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5b – An ATTITUDE that is asked about may not exist.
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5c – RECALL failure.
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5d – COMPUTATION or calculation problem.
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6. PROBLEMS WITH SENSITIVITY/BIAS: Assess questions for sensitive nature or wording, and for bias.
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6a – SENSITIVE CONTENT: The question is on a topic that people will generally be uncomfortable talking about.
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6b – A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE response is implied.
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7. PROBLEMS WITH RESPONSE CATEGORIES: Assess the adequacy of the range of responses to be recorded.
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7a – OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS that are inappropriate or difficult.
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7b – MISMATCH between question and answer categories.
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7c – TECHNICAL TERMS are undefined, unclear, or complex
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7d – VAGUE response categories.
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7e – OVERLAPPING response categories.
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7f – MISSING response categories.
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7g – ILLOGICAL ORDER of response categories.
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### Things to pay attention to when testing the questionnaire.
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- Which items require respondents to think hard before they answer?
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- What cognitive processes do they adopt to answer difficult questions?
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- Which items seem to produce irritation, embarrassment, or confusion?
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- Are there any items that respondents consider comical?
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- Does the style of the question generate bias?
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- Are the answers we get what we really want for the purpose of the study?
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- Is there enough variability in the answers received?
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- Are there local expressions that should be incorporated into the items to avoid ambiguity?
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- Is the questionnaire too long?
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- In the eye of the respondent, have any other important issues been overlooked in the questionnaire?
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