Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

Overview

A well designed questionnaire is vital for collecting high quality data. The aim of this course is to provide participants with an awareness and understanding of questionnaire design principles. The course covers selecting collection methodologies, developing survey questions, designing questionnaire layout and testing the questionnaire.

Workshop

2 days

People who will be involved in designing and conducting a survey and wish to gain an understanding of how to design a questionnaire that will collect data accurately.

• Understanding and application of the basic techniques used in developing a survey questionnaire
  

• Context of questionnaire design
• Defining survey objectives
• Developing content based on survey objectives
• Determining most appropriate collection methodology
• Understanding how respondents answer questions
• Developing questionnaire wording
• Ordering of questions
• Format and layout
• Accompanying information
• Testing questionnaires
• Evaluating questionnaires
  

$1,040 (inc GST) per person, from 1 July 2013, $1,080 (inc GST) per person

For scheduled training courses see the ABS Training Calendar. We can also run the course in your organisation if you have sufficient numbers.

• Running Your Own Survey
  

Please get in touch with the ABS Training Contact in your State/Territory.