F) Questionnaires
Questionnaires:
- a document that is filled out in writing (or electronically) by the informant
- if distributed to many potential informants without your being present can provide a large amount of data (of which you cannot control every detail)
- data are replicable
- information collected can be tightly controlled and easy to analyze
- subjects have to be selected carefully (random sample or judgement sample)
- ways of distribution:
- printed copies can be handed out personally or sent by surface mail
- electronic documents can be sent out by e-mail
- you can use web-based questionnaires, which may in addition allow a (semi-)automated evaluation of responses, e.g. LimeSurvey (http://www.limesurvey.org/) and SurveyMonkey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/)
- example: the "Bamberg Questionnaire" (Maltese version)
LimeSurvey
The Chair of English Linguistics hosts a copy of the application LimeSurvey and you can obtain free server space for your online questionnaire (contact Fabian Vetter, fabian.vetter@uni-bamberg.de).
Please click here to access our copy of LimeSurvey.
A detailed introduction to creating surveys with Limesurvey can be found here.
Question designs:
- open questions
- closed questions
- semantic differential scales, e.g.
Your impression of voice A on the tape:
friendly __ __ __ __ __ __ __ unfriendly unintelligent __ __ __ __ __ __ __ intelligent inactive __ __ __ __ __ __ __ active
- Likert scales (attitude scales), e.g.
It is important to preserve endangered languages.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 strongly disagree neither agree nor disagree strongly agree
- ranking schemes, e.g. arrange items in order of importance:
Sense Of Humor, Creativity, Good Looks, Intelligence, Honesty
- multiple choice, e.g.
I have known her ____ three years now. a) whilst b) for c) since d) besides
source: Wray & Bloomer (2006: chapter 13)
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