10. Basics of Survey Design and Data Issues

Topics and Notes

1. Basics of Survey Design and Implementation Survey Types Survey Designs Stages
• a. Basic terms and design process
• b. Source of errors
• c. Methods of data collection
• d. Questionnaire design
• e. Background reading on survey designs: SURVEY MONKEY PEW RESEARCH AAPOR QUALTRICS HARVARD
• d. Likert scale and descriptive analysis of Likert scale. ARTICLE 1 ARTICLE 2
2. Handling missing and null values HTML PDF
• a. Difference between null and missing values.
• b. Types of missing values.
• c. Methods of imputation

Reading Assignments

1. Survey instruments and Self-compassion Survey Data
• a. Self-compassion and Gratitude Survey [PDF]
• b. Data Dictionary [PDF]
• c. Clients' Research Objectives [PDF]
2. Data Management
• a. Raw Data Set (csv)
• b. Processed Data Set (csv)