Table of contents for Constructing questions for interviews and questionnaires : theory and practice in social research / William Foddy.


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Preface
1. An initial statement of the problem
2. A theoretical framework
3. Defining topics properly
4. Formulating intelligible requests for information
5. Contextual influences on respondent's interpretations of questions
6. The need to provide response frameworks
7. The limitations of human memory
8. Filters: establishing the relevance of questions to the respondents
9. Reducing question threat
10. The open vs closed question debate: coding reponses to open questions and formulating sets of response options for closed questions
11. Measuring attitudes
12. Checks to ensure that questions work as they are intended to work
Conclusions
References.


Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Sociology Research Methodology, Interviewing in sociology, Questionnaires, Social surveys