Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Elective -Educational Research Unit4 -Survey method: Nature

The survey is a non-experimental, descriptive research method. Surveys can be useful when a researcher wants to collect data on phenomena that cannot be directly observed (such as opinions on library services). Survey is a systematic method for gathering information from (a sample of) individuals for the purposes of describing the attributes of the larger population of which the individuals are members. Surveys are used extensively in field of education.
Types of Surveys
Data are usually collected through the use of questionnaires, although sometimes researchers directly interview subjects. Surveys can use qualitative (e.g. ask open-ended questions) or quantitative (e.g. use forced-choice questions) measures. There are two basic types of surveys: cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal surveys.
Cross-Sectional Surveys
Cross-sectional surveys are used to gather information on a population at a single point in time. An example of a cross sectional survey would be a questionaire that collects data on how parents feel about Internet filtering, as of March of 1999. A different cross-sectional survey questionnaire might try to determine the relationship between two factors, like religiousness of parents and views on Internet filtering.
Longitudinal Surveys
Longitudinal surveys gather data over a period of time. The researcher may then analyze changes in the population and attempt to describe and/or explain them. The three main types of longitudinal surveys are trend studies, cohort studies, and panel studies.
(Source: Survey Research Methods, by Earl R. Babbie. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~palmquis/courses/survey.html )

Elective -1 Educational Research

Unit4 - Data collection tool
Questionnaire is widely used in survey method. It is a widely used tool of data collection in research. The researcher is required to bear in mind following important points while constructing the questionnaire so as to get the expected responses.
A good questionnaire should have open ended as well as closed ended questions. The open ended question will help to get more detailed and personalized responses.
The questions should be grammatically correct.
The language should be easy to understand for the respondents.
The questions should be properly logically well sequenced.
There should not be too many questions. The questionnaire should not be too long. Similarly it should have sufficient number of questions to get the relevant data.
The questionnaire should specify instructions for the respondents if required.
The questions framed should be clear and should not have ambiguity.
The questions should be relevant to the information desired to be obtained.
The respondents should be given enough space in the questionnaire to write his or her responses.
The questionnaire if to be mailed for administered should contain necessary information about the address of the organization etc. for sending it back.