Question

Review the survey. Identify and discuss the problems with the construction of this survey. Discuss what can be done to correct these problems

A social psychologist is interested in examining college student attitudes towards dating in the 21 Century. To accomplish this, she surveyed n-100 undergraduate students at Spartan State University. A copy of the survey is presented below: Opinions about College Dating in the 21 century 1. Gender 2. Age 3. Classification Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Male Female 4. Are you currently in a dating relationship? 5. My experiences with dating have been mostly Yes No sitive Strongly Disagree 6. Dating on my ca Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree is a waste of time Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree 7. Which of the following behaviors should a person expect from a person who is called boyfriend or girlfriend? Select as many as apply a. be faithful b. be introduced as girl/boy friend c. carry heavy things or open doors for you d. hold hands in public c. say I love you a lot introduce you to his/her family continue to see him/her even if you decide to g. remain celibate

Answer 1

Problems in the survey: 1. So many lines which makes it hard to read it easily 2. Spaces between questions are not equal. 3. The options in question 5 and question 6 are not clearly written. 4. The option 4 in question 5 and option 2 in question 6 are co answerS 5. First question needs to have better presentation. erred that might affect the Corrections 1. Remove lines between questions. 2. Write colon in front of Gender as Gender: 3. Put Male and Female in box. 4. Give equal space between questions. 5. Write the options in question 5 and question 6 so that the reader can easily understand the numbers and the statement against those numbers. 6. Remove coloring from option 4 in question 5 and option 2 in question 6.