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Questionnaire

Meaning in statistics, with examples

/ˌkwestʃəˈner/nounCore term

In statistics, questionnaire means: The printed or online form containing the set of questions that respondents answer in a survey.

In Turkish: anket formu, soru formu, ölçek

How it is used

You design, develop, pilot, translate or administer a questionnaire, and respondents complete it or fill it in (UK) / fill it out (US). Methods sections describe the items, the response scales and the reliability, often with Cronbach's alpha.

Example sentences

  1. The questionnaire contained 24 items and took about ten minutes to complete.

  2. We translated the questionnaire into Turkish and back into English to check accuracy.

Common collocations

  • design a questionnaire
  • administer a questionnaire
  • self-report questionnaire
  • complete a questionnaire
  • questionnaire items
  • surveyA method of collecting information by asking a set of questions to a group of people, usually a sample, in person, by phone, on paper or online.
  • Likert scaleA rating scale on which respondents show how much they agree or disagree with statements, typically with five or seven ordered options from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree'.
  • pilot studyA small trial run of a study, carried out before the main study, to test the questionnaire, the procedures and the timing and to find problems early.
  • response rateThe share of people invited to take part in a survey who actually complete it, usually given as a percentage.

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