Everything about Questionnaire construction

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Questionnaire constructionA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Construction and validation of a questionnaire to study engagement in informal second language learningInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Die Fragebogen-MethodeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Construction of the Virtual Embodiment Questionnaire (VEQ)Cited 329 times
5. Go sideways: QuestionnaireA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Cognitive pretestingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Construction of the Virtual Embodiment Questionnaire (VEQ)

  Daniel Roth, Marc Erich Latoschik · 2020 · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 329 citations

• Questionnaire Survey on Bidding in Construction

  Irtishad Ahmad, Issam Minkarah · 1988 · Journal of Management in Engineering · 158 citations

• Construction and Validation of Attitudes Toward Plagiarism Questionnaire

  Martina Mavrinac, Gordana Brumini, Lidija Bilić-Zulle · 2010 · Croatian Medical Journal · 88 citations

• The Use of Ethnographic Interviewing to Inform Questionnaire Construction

  Laurie J. Bauman, Elissa Greenberg Adair · 1992 · Health Education Quarterly · 69 citations

• The McGill Pain Questionnaire: A replication of its construction

  A. E. Reading, B. S. Everitt, C. M. Sledmere · 1982 · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · 50 citations

• Construction and Initial Validation of the Work Orientation Questionnaire

  Tirza Willner, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Itamar Gati · 2019 · Journal of Career Assessment · 41 citations

• Asking questions about behavior: cognition, communication, and questionnaire construction

  N Schwarz · 2001 · The American Journal of Evaluation · 29 citations

• The construction of the SEDAS:a new suicide‐attitude questionnaire

  J. A. Jenner, J. Niesing · 2000 · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 17 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Construction and validation of a questionnaire to study engagement in informal second language learning

  Henriette L. Arndt · 2023 · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 42 citations

• Critical Thinking Questionnaire (CThQ) – construction and application of critical thinking test tool

  Aleksander Kobylarek, Kamil Błaszczyński, Luba Ślósarz · 2022 · Andragogy Adult Education and Social Marketing · 37 citations

• Split Questionnaire Designs for Online Surveys: The Impact of Module Construction on Imputation Quality

  Julian B Axenfeld, Annelies G Blom, Christian Bruch · 2022 · Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology · 14 citations

• Construction and validation of Leading Inclusive Education in Compulsory Education Questionnaire (LIE-Q-Teaching Team)

  M. Carmen López-López, M. José León-Guerrero, Eva F. Hinojosa-Pareja · 2022 · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 14 citations

• Students’ AI Dependency in 3R’s: Questionnaire Construction and Validation

  College of Education, Faculty, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology-Gabaldon Campus, Gabaldon, Philippines, Andie Tangonan Capinding · 2024 · International Journal of Information and Education Technology · 11 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Die Fragebogen-MethodeHans Dieter Mummendey · 1987
• Prices received standardized questionnaire research projectZulma T. Riberas · 2004
• 📕Hints for designing effective questionnairesRobert Barnes Frary · 1996
• 📕Reliability testing of a life script questionnaireErica Rosaline Cigan, University of Michigan. School of Nursing · 1981
• 📕From questions to actionsVictoria L. Bernhardt · 2009
• Questionnaire development and cognitive testing using Item response theory (IRT)Jennifer D. Uhrig · 2002
• 📕A comparative study of the sensitivity of a modified and standard self-rating tool for depression symptoms in an elderly populationMaria Lourdes Aportadera, University of Michigan. School of Nursing · 1981

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🔗 Related topics

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