1.1 Topics and Objectives

Module One Topics

This module covers the following topics:

Theory of survey design
Principles of survey design
Problematic survey questions
Sources of bias in surveys
Questionnaire uses for evaluating public engagement impact
Quantifying qualitative data

Module One Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

Use basic principles of survey design to help you create good survey questions for evaluating public engagement outcomes.
Develop the capability to identify problematic survey questions relating to public engagement evaluation.
Prepare survey questions to measure public engagement outcomes that avoid the most obvious sources of bias.
Determine how questionnaires might be used to evaluate public engagement impact.
Explore how to systematically quantify open-ended questionnaire data.

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