QUestionaAiRes – Training In planning and Launching Effective Surveys

QUARTILES is a Teaching & Learning Unit funded project within the Department of Mathematics, which endeavors to develop resources to help support the wider MTU community with questionnaire design. With a prevalence of questionnaire usage across the Institute, we believe that these resources will be of benefit to administrators, students, lecturers, project supervisors and researchers who are currently designing questionnaires or plan on doing so in the future.

Project Team

Maretta Brennan, Dr Michael Brennan, Dr Clodagh Carroll, Dr Julie Crowley, Dr David Goulding, Dr Seán Lacey, Dr J.P. McCarthy, Dr Marie Nicholson, Dr Declan O’Connor, Dr Violeta Morari, Sarah Murphy, Dr Catherine Palmer, Dr Noreen Quinn.

Information Session

An information session on QUARTILES was held on Friday October 4th from 13:00 – 14:00 in D160. During this session we outlined the resources that we will develop and discussed whether there are other issues around questionnaire design that could be supported by the project. The slides from the session can be found here.

Resources

• General Considerations and Ten Tips
• Interactive video on the Qualities of Good Questions in Questionnaire Design

• Required Response Rate
  • Response Rate Calculator for Surveys

  • Plot of Required Response Rate for Surveys

  • Guidelines on using Response Rate Calculator

• Guidelines to Order of Questions, Questionnaire Length and Question Wording

• Survey Platforms
  • Attributes of a Sample of Survey Platforms
  • Demonstration of using an Online Survey Platform

Dissemination

Poster presentation at Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) conference on Exploring Models of Success: Professional Development of Higher Education, Further Education and Training, and English Language Education Staff , 13 February 2020, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin 3

Seminars

Part of Conversations on Teaching & Learning Seminar Series

• REQUIRED - Research Ethics in QUestionnaIRE Design, 10 January 2020

  • Guidelines to Designing a Reliable Questionnaire, Dr Helen Purtill, Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick

  • Importance of a Statistical Analysis Plan, Dr Helen Purtill, Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick

  • Research Integrity, Ethics & Questionnaires, Prof. Ger Kelly, Research Integrity Officer and Head, Department of Mechanical, Biomedical & Manufacturing Engineering, CIT

  • Privacy from the Outset, John Dunne, Senior Statistician, Central Statistics Office

• EXcel Calculator for Experiential Learning in Statistics (EXCELS) – Good Practice in Statistical Analysis, May 2020

Seminars supported by: