Some question styles for your questionnaires

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Filtering questions

In questionnaires, certain questions are relevant only to a sub-group respondents, for example females. A filtering question is two-(or more) part question that is used to direct respondents to relevant questions. The answer to the filtering question determines which of two different questions a respondent next receives. There are several formats for filtering questions. The following is probably the most frequently applied format:
 

Binary responses

One of the simplest questions allows only one of two possible answers. For example,

Categorical responses
 

A categorical question presents the respondent with a list of unordered statements which they are asked to: (a) select one or more (b) rank. A question that requests ranks is more difficult to analyse. Here is an example:

Ordinal responses

There are a variety of designs for a scaled response. One of the most common scaled-response formats is the 5 point Likert scale.
 

The school pool is fantastic
__Strongly Agree __Agree __Neutral __Disagree __Strongly Disagree
 

A rating scale requires respondents to rate some item or quality on a specific scale. For example, a question might ask what a respondent thought about the importance of good facilities for doing well at sports

An alternative scale requests the respondent to mark a position on a scale, e.g.

But, if you use this type of scale, how will you code the response?
 

Linked Questions

You may wish to ask several questions that have the same style of answer. In such cases a matrix of items and answers can be useful. This format has the advantage of speed, the respondent will tend to answer the questions faster and may be less liable to lose interest. For example: