Dr. W. Mark Hearn, Professor
Department of Management

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The following material provides general guidelines and examples on constructing questions to be used in questionnaires.
 

Type of Information

Project cover sheet graduate

Project cover sheet undergraduate

Questionnaire Lecture - General guidelines.  Be sure to look at the note pages for the slides.

Crazy Examples - Fun stuff

Chamber Membership Survey - Way too long but lots of examples

Sample Question Types - Names and types

Temporary Workers - Yes, No different look

Compensation Survey - Example of screening question

Women's Retirement Original then a  Revised version
This before and after example illustrates a couple of points:
First - Don't preach in your opening.  You want their opinion.  Keep yours to yourself.
Second - You need a variable or comparison point for research.  Men to Women in this example.

International Business Survey Original then a Revised version
This before and after example focuses on layout.  You need a nice clean layout.  The table in the revised version with the Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree is troublesome to set up.  Save yourself some time.  Use mine. 

Online Examples
(Do a "Ctrl Click" on the Link in the letter to go to the Online version):

The tone of the opening in these surveys are better than many of the previous.  You want to ask for the respondent's help.  Soften the opening.  Say please.

Chamber Survey

Employee Skills Survey

Retirement Planning

 

 

 

 
 


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