This means a set of questions prepared for drawing the responses from the subjects for research work. Every researcher uses this technique in their survey, research. Suppose a project is taken on “the impact of education fostering social change and modernisation in a village”.
So when this project will be taken for work at that time researcher will find out to collect data “how far it has influenced the village. Hence he will prepare a list of questions on varied forms to justify it.
Researchers have classified questionnaire into the following groups:
According to P.V. Young, questionnaire is of two types:
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A. Structured questionnaire
B. Non-structured questionnaire
A. Structured questionnaire:
In this a definite concrete and pre-ordinate questions are used for two purposes:-
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(1) Accurate communication. It is justified when the respondents understand the survey objectives, (ii) Accurate Response. This is obtained when the replies contain the information sought and at the same time fulfil the demands of tabulation plans and analytical programmes.
B. Non-structured Questionnaire:
This is known as interview guide. It contains definite subject matter areas. The interviewer is free to arrange the form and timing of enquiry.
(2) George A. Lundberg has classified questionnaire into
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(i) “Questionnaire of fact- This requires certain information of fact from the respondent without any reference to his opinion or attitude about them.
(ii) Questionnaire of opinion and attitude. In the informant’s opinion, attitude or preference regarding some phenomena is sought.
(3) John W. Best, says “questionnaire is classified as “The closed form or restricted form which provides for items marking a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ a short response, or a checking an item from a list of suggested responses”.