Questionnaire design

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When data is collected via a questionnaire, a questionnaire design phase is needed. It may entail a preliminary qualitative step to identify topics of interest or the vocabulary used by the target population. The questionnaire design should ideally be followed by a validation phase, including expert reviews, cognitive testing, and/or a pilot phase.

Good practices in questionnaire design include carefully structuring and wording the introduction, questions, answers, and conclusion. Participants should be able to understand the question, retrieve and formulate the answer, and communicate it. This applies equally to closed questions (with a list of possible answers) and open questions (allowing participants to answer in their own words).

Tools available

ULiège

• You can use Microsoft Forms, the ULiège internal survey tool (by contacting your faculty relay), or a tool specific to your research unit (for instance, the Faculté de Psychologie, Logopédie et Sciences de l’Education has its specific survey tool).
• For template GDPR statements to include when sending a survey collecting personnal information, consult the GDPR intranet .

UMons

• Forms and Limesurvey are the institutional tools for conducting electronic surveys: Enquêtes – Accueil
• The survey support offered by the EQuIP service mainly concerns the LimeSurvey tool.
• If you have any other questions regarding Microsoft Forms, you can contact the IT department at support.dsi@umons.ac.be
• Data protection officer (GDPR) : dpo@umons.ac.be

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