Who should attend
This course will be useful for people who are new to survey design, as well as those who would like to improve their skills and knowledge. It will also benefit people who are planning to design a survey in the future (e.g. PhD students, clinicians, teaching academics), and those who plan to use previously developed surveys for research.
What you will learn
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Describe the characteristics of well-designed surveys
- Recognise the principles underpinning survey design
- Design different types of survey questions and response options for surveys
- Develop an awareness of participant sampling and the different methods that may be used to recruit participants
- Explore the advantages and disadvantages of online and paper-based surveys
- Recognise ethical considerations around collection of data using surveys and questionnaires
- Recognise privacy and confidentiality issues around collection of survey data
- Develop an understanding of how to set up a survey using an online platform e.g. Qualtrics
- Discuss how to manage survey data including data entry and data coding
- Discuss how to analyse survey data
- Discuss how to report results of survey data for publications
- Recognise common pitfalls when designing and collecting survey data
- Explore strategies to improve survey response rates
- Recognise issues with analysing missing or incomplete data
Program structure
Day 1
- Using surveys
- Designing and writing good survey questions
- Ethical considerations when collecting data using surveys
- Recruitment and data collection
- Data entry and data coding
Day 2
- Implementing surveys into practice
- Managing and analysing survey data
- Pitfalls of surveys
Troubleshooting your survey
Testimonials
"The whole course has exceeded my expectations. Extremely satisfied with overall workshop, really informative and learnt a lot."
