The How-To Guide for Developing Survey Questionnaires

Explore the key steps in developing high-quality survey questions and questionnaires along with tips for achieving precise, relevant, and accessible measures when collecting survey data via smartphone, tablet, computer, in-person interview, telephone interview, and mail. There will be a number of hands-on activities throughout this workshop for constructing new survey measures as well as for improving examples of existing survey measures brought by the workshop participants themselves and drawn from the International Social Survey Programme’s 2024 module on digital societies.

This full-day workshop will be held at DC 1568 (inside the DC library). Registration is free for all members of the university. 

Workshop outline

• 9:00 - 10:30: Figuring out what you want to know
• 10:30 - 10:45: Morning break
• 10:45 - 12:15: Tips and tricks for developing survey questions
• 12:15 - 1:00: Lunch break
• 1:00 - 2:30: Tips and tricks for developing survey answer options
• 2:30 - 2:40: Afternoon break
• 2:45 - 4:00: Putting together a survey questionnaire