QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN AND ITS APPLICABILITY IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCES RESEARCH

Babatunde Oladipupo Kumolu-Johnson (PhD), Raheem Olasupo Akewushola (PhD)

Abstract


Research is a systematic and scientific way of gathering data. The questionnaire is a critical component of the modern statistical survey of gathering data in research. The purpose of this paper was to discuss questionnaire design and factors that should be considered when using existing scales. Descriptive research was adopted for this study with aim of establishing the questionnaire development process needed in gathering information about specific issues. To successfully integrate the components of a study such as data collection, measurement, and analysis of data in a coherent and logical way, there is need to apply an appropriate questionnaire design that will suit the nature of the research to be carried out. The paper provided reasonable detailed, step-by-step constructive guidelines of questionnaire design with illustrations on questionnaire methods. It is therefore recommended that researchers should have basic understanding of the nature of a questionnaire design suitable and appropriate for a study in order to limit the level of error.


Keywords


Research; Questionnaire; Questionnaire development

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