TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,Sheila B. AU - Leonard,Kimberly Firth TI - Designing quality survey questions SN - 1506330541 AV - HM538 .R63 2019 U1 - 300.723 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE Publications, Inc. KW - Social surveys KW - Methodology KW - Questionnaires N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why Quality Surveys and Questions Matter -- What to consider before drafting survey questions -- How to develop survey questions and response options -- Knowing when a survey is ready for use N2 - Designing Quality Survey Questions shows readers how to craft high quality, precisely-worded survey questions that will elicit rich, nuanced, and ultimately useful data to help answer their research or evaluation questions. The authors address challenges such as language preferences for standard demographic questions (e.g. How to ask about gender), creative question design to keep respondents engaged and avoid survey fatigue, web-based survey formats, culturally-responsive survey design, and factors that influence survey responses (memory, social desirability, etc.). Numerous examples of questions illustrate each identified principle of question construction ER -