Methods for questionnaire development: SQP, Cognitive Interviewing, and others 1 |
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| Coordinator 1 | Dr Cornelia Neuert (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) |
| Coordinator 2 | Dr Lydia Repke (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) |
There are various methods and procedures available for evaluating survey items during questionnaire development. They all share the goal to help researchers to identify questions that are flawed, difficult to comprehend, and might lead to measurement error. However, the available methods differ in several aspects, such as timing, the outcome, the amount of data collection needed, and whether respondents, experts, or computer systems are involved.
In practice, considerations like the available time and budget, the target population, and the mode of data collection affect the choice.
As there is still no clear consensus about best practices for question evaluation, this session aims to discuss current questionnaire evaluation practices using different methods and tools. We invite papers that use different types of evaluation methods, such as expert reviews and cognitive interviewing, or the Survey Quality Predictor (SQP; https://sqp.gesis.org).
We invite papers that
(1) exemplify which evaluating method might best be used during questionnaire development;
(2) assess the different evaluation methods with respect to their advantages and disadvantages;
(3) provide information on how methods can best be used in combination.