Practice Makes Perfect? Skills Gained in Seven Years of Questionnaires. [Report No.: AISD-ORE-83.45

Autor/inn/en	Jackson, Elaine E.; Schuyler, Nancy B.
Institution	Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation.
Titel	Practice Makes Perfect? Skills Gained in Seven Years of Questionnaires. [Report No.: AISD-ORE-83.45
Quelle	(1984), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; Questionnaires; Research Methodology; School Districts; Surveys; Test Construction; Test Format + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Research method; Forschungsmethode; School district; Schulbezirk; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Testaufbau; Testentwicklung
Abstract	Based on seven years of surveying students, parents, and educators, the following conclusions were reached: (1) preliminary telephoning of graduates to verify addresses did not produce higher returns from those contacted; (2) cover letters printed on more expensive colored-letterhead stationary did not produce a higher return rate than the same letter photocopied all in black; (3) no differences were found in return rates from graduates whose surveys were mailed to arrive on Wednesday and those whose questionnaires were to arrive on Saturday; (4) fewer responses were received from graduates who received "cute" reminders than from those whose reminders were more businesslike; (5) no difference was found in return rate on parent questionnaires when half were mailed first class and half bulk rate; (6) on computer-printed teacher questionnaires, half of the teachers who returned questionnaires did not respond to the free-response items; and (7) free-response items where blank spaces were left for responses were completed more often by administrators than those where lines were printed in. Additional post hoc findings and an optical-scan form on which to print unique questionnaires are also described. (BW)
Anmerkungen	Office of Research and Evaluation, AISD, 6100 Guadalupe, Box 79, Austin, TX 78752.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01