what are the ways to fill Questionnaire?

 Ways to fill Questionnaire 

• Mail Questionnaire

Questionnaire forms can be sent by mail, then respondents answer questions, and return them back by mail, and although the Mail Questionnaire is less expensive than other methods, the Mail Questionnaire has some drawbacks, primarily a lack of interest The respondents re-wrote the forms again, as well as the lack of interest in the optimal answer, the length of time until the Mail Questionnaire was collected again, and the possibility of losing a number of Mail Questionnaires. However, Mail Questionnaires can be valid in certain extents. Where Mail Questionnaires are useful for people who use their Email frequently, and they are subject to answer Mail Questionnaires.

• Online Questionnaire

An online Questionnaire is one of the methods that can be used to distribute Questionnaires. Often the online Questionnaire is published on a website, and the online Questionnaire is characterized as a very fast way to display information to the visitor or the target of the Questionnaire and obtain answers from it in a short period.

A traditional Questionnaire often requires that the participant of the traditional Questionnaire make some effort to return the traditional Questionnaire to the traditional respondent after completing the traditional Questionnaire, whether by faxing or e-mailing the traditional Questionnaire to the author of the traditional Questionnaire. In addition, the traditional Questionnaire often takes much longer than the publication of the online Questionnaire.

 Benefits of the online Questionnaire 

There are a number of benefits to using the online Questionnaire, including:

• Easy and fast filling in the Questionnaire.
• Ease and speed of obtaining the result.
• Lower cost than traditional Questionnaire.
• Ease of publishing the online Questionnaire, as it is a link that can be published easily.

Some of the points that the researcher should consider when you want to create and publish the online Questionnaire are:

• Confidentiality of information: If the online Questionnaire contains any confidential and private information, you should take this confidentiality into account and make sure that the site is difficult or not to be hacked.
• Hosting the online Questionnaire: Will you host an online Questionnaire on your personal site and do you have the necessary resources for it from space, speed and others?
• Will you make and publish your online Questionnaire through a specialized website that asks you to pay some money for this service in exchange for some analytical and other features?
• Are you sure that the website you will host the online Questionnaire is guaranteed? If it is not guaranteed, some users may try to access the site and in the absence of the survey may change their mind about participating in the Questionnaire. This point is often not to worry about if the online Questionnaire is posted on the website of a company specialized in creating and hosting an online Questionnaire.

• Telephone Questionnaire

Telephone Questionnaire is a way to collect information directly from respondents or Those targeted in the study in a systematic, standardized way.

 Telephone Questionnaire is most appropriate when 

• The target sample have telephones.
• Results are needed quickly
• Target sample people cannot fill out a written Questionnaire.
• Questionnaire questions are clear and easy to understand.
• The Questionnaire is relatively short.
• Provides resources to make calls.

 Features of the Telephone Questionnaire 

The advantages of a Telephone Questionnaire include the fact that callers can provide additional information and clarifications, or through the Telephone Questionnaire they can ask survey and explanatory questions. A Telephone Questionnaire also tends to have higher response rates than a traditional Questionnaire, which means that in a Telephone Questionnaire, the self-selection bias can be better controlled.

 Disadvantages of the Telephone Questionnaire 

The Telephone Questionnaire requires the sample of the study to have telephones, and to carry the potential of bias if researchers exclude individuals who do not have a phone, and the Telephone Questionnaire requires researchers who manage the Telephone Questionnaire to master the skills of language and communication.

Things the researcher should consider when using the Telephone Questionnaire

• Determine whether a Telephone Questionnaire is the appropriate option for data collection.
• Set budget, schedules and responsibilities.
• Determine the content of the Telephone Questionnaire. What do you need to know and how you will use the data?
• Determining the sample of the study and it size  and how it can be represented, the sample size depends on the required use of the data.
• The development of the Telephone Questionnaire: The Telephone Questionnaire should be short and the Telephone Questionnaire questions should be easy to understand. The most important information must be covered first by the Telephone Questionnaire. You should develop standard text for callers, explain who they are and the purpose of the Questionnaire. Provide guidance for callers, including the expected questions or issues they may encounter.
• Processing materials and facilities for making calls, including: phones, texts, online forms, call logs, etc. Provide advance notice to participants.
• Try the Questionnaire to make sure the wording is clear, and to check the time it takes for the Questionnaire to dial.
• Capture results accurately using call logs and databases.

 Advantages of the In-house survey 

• In-house survey control is greater.
• When using In-house survey, the results are easier to handle and the data is more understood.
• In-house survey is the least expensive.

Disadvantages of the In-house survey

• The knowledge required to conduct the In-house survey efficiently. A bad In-house survey results in incorrect data. The researcher must have knowledge of the survey language and best practices.
• Some members of the target group are not accepted for home In-house survey.

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