Using Web and Paper Questionnaires for Data-Based Decision Making (eBook)

From Design to Interpretation of the Results

Susan J. J. Thomas, Inc. Corwin Press (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2004
216 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-5063-1848-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Using Web and Paper Questionnaires for Data-Based Decision Making is clearly written, easy to understand, and has plenty of examples and guides for those implementing these ideas. Designed as a cookbook, it superbly enables educators to write, administer, and analyze a survey."e;Sandra L. Stein, Professor of EducationRider UniversityLearn to use questionnaires and data-based decision making to support school improvement!How effectively are teachers implementing the new literacy program? What do parents think of the proposed homework policy? Is bullying a growing problem? Understanding how to create appropriate questionnaires is essential in making data-based decisions that improve school policies, processes, and procedures.Using Web and Paper Questionnaires for Data-Based Decision Making is a practical handbook for creating exceptional questionnaires for a variety of purposes, including data-based decision making. Author Susan J. Thomas provides authoritative guidance for planning a survey project, creating a questionnaire, gathering data, and analyzing and communicating the results to a variety of audiences. Features of this reader-friendly guidebook includeSample cover letters, invitations, parental permission forms, and planning templates Extensive examples, activities, and checklists Web-based questionnaire guidelines A step-by-step case study of a successful survey project Offering suggestions for successfully using both Web-based and paper-based questionnaires, this practitioner-focused manual summarizes the key steps of successful survey projects and identifies critical success factors for each step.Designed primarily for principals, district-level administrators, and teachers, this invaluable resource is also suitable for policymakers, state-level administrators, and graduate students in education and social sciences.

Inhalt

Preface
About the Author
1. Launching Your Survey Project
2. Asking the Right Questions
3. Creating Response Choices for Rating Scales
4. Putting the Questionnaire Together
5. Identifying and Contacting Respondents
6. Pilot Testing the Questionnaire
7. Maximizing Your Response Rate: Collecting the Data
8. Analyzing the Data and Making Data-Based Decisions
9. Communicating the Results
Resource A: Questionnaire for the Case Study
References
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.3.2004
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Schlagworte: Research Design, Skills & Methods in Education • Survey Research • Technology • Technology in education
• ISBN-10: 1-5063-1848-7 / 1506318487
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5063-1848-6 / 9781506318486