Hi sincere readers. Recently, I was asked to do a presentation about the 'Survey', a way of collecting information from individuals.
Have you ever been grabbing a chair in a Philosophy class or in a public place, and a person with a load of papers in his hand comes up to you out of blue and asks if you have few minutes to talk then you will have likely been asked to take part in a survey? What's a survey? Why survey is conducted? what are types of a survey if there's any?
What's a survey?
Antecedently, a term 'survey' briefly means collecting the data. A survey is the method of gathering information from individuals who are called participants, because the researcher is interested in the opinions of participants about a particular topic. Eventually, it happens when a researcher asks a number of questions, all have to be relavent with the issue though,to find answers. Therefore, when we are conducting a survey, we would like to make sure we are asking questions that sill collect accurate, reliable and useful information. For instance, I want to collect an information on the quality of education in electronic device (ED) administered schools (using ED in schools are allowed) with schools where electronic device non-administered (bringing ED to school is strictly prohibited). I write questions before I conduct my study, e.g. Are you allowed to use ED during the class time? What are you using ED in class for? What if ED is restricted in school premises, would you be still be able to do similar things you were doing with ED? (e.g. instead, you could go to internet cafe if you need internet connection)
Why is survey conducted?
Additionally, by conducting a survey you know more about the age, race, sex, ethnicity, and so on of a particular topic. Technically, in survey research, instruments that are utilized can be i
either questionnaire (structured) or an interview (non-structured).
Questionnaire is a series of written questions
