Competency information
Details
Identify data needed to answer the study question and design an appropriate quality-assured data collection instrument.
Considerations
- How to determine the information required.
- How to define target respondents.
- How to choose the method(s) of reaching target respondents, including patients.
- How to describe the key elements of questionnaire design:
- information required
- define target respondents
- choose the method(s) of reaching target respondents
- question content: demographic information, establish rapport, information required for the study
- question wording: closed, open-ended and open response-option questions
- meaningful order and format
- length of the questionnaire
- layout
- piloting and adjusting.
- How to consider validity in questionnaire design.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Develop an appropriate quality-assured data collection instrument. |