Learning and Evaluation/Archive/Learning modules/3Avoid Double-barreled Questions

From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki

< Learning and Evaluation‎ | Archive‎ | Learning modules(Redirected from Grants:Evaluation/Learning modules/3Avoid Double-barreled Questions)

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Jump to page

Part 1: Introduction

Why Surveys Are Useful

Survey instruments

Types of information

Attributes - a special case

Survey Objective and Planning

Part 2: Reliability & Validity

Reliability & Validity

Content Validity

Criterion Validity

Construct Validity

Part 3: Question Construction

Writing Good Questions

Questions from Existing Surveys

Constructing your own Questions

Avoid Double Negatives

Minimize Social Desirability Bias

Avoid Double-barreled questions

Avoid abbreviations, jargon, technical terms, or slang

Avoid leading questions

Avoid loaded questions

Use appropriate wording

Ask useful questions

Rely on second-hand data sparsely

Use caution when asking personal questions

Part 4: Response Options

Fill-in-the-blank

Dichotomous pairs

Multiple choice

Check all that apply

Choosing response options

Part 5: Questionnaire structure

Important considerations

Questions order

Additional Resources

Wikimedia Training Designing Effective Questions Menu

Avoid double-barreled questions

A double barreled question is one that is really two questions in one. See the example below:

Objective:

To know the experience level of participants who attended an editing workshop.

Very Poor:

Had you ever edited Wikipedia and Commons before this workshop?



This is actually asking two questions; whether participants edited Wikipedia or whether they edited Commons.

Poor:

Had you ever edited Wikipedia before this workshop?

Had you ever edited Commons before this workshop?



While some participants may have edited commons, most people typically participate in commons by uploading a photo.

Better:

(all three)

Have you ever edited Wikipedia?
Have you ever uploaded a photo to Wikimedia Commons?
Have you ever edited Wikimedia Commons?



These three questions asked separately better gets at editor's previous experience on Wikipedia and Commons. More questions could be used as well to get a sense of participants' level of experience.

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Learning_and_Evaluation/Archive/Learning_modules/3Avoid_Double-barreled_Questions&oldid=16912141"

Wikipedia training archive