I found the piece on steps in conducting a survey questions to be quite interesting. There have been very few times in my life where I have had to conduct a survey and when I did I found it to be quite difficult. I liked how the chapter went on to say “There are many ways to find out more about others. Careful observation and systematic questing are two “lenses” we can use to uncover insights about human communication. I think that we don’t take enough time really observing human nature, and in a way just let it pass us by. I found it interesting that double- barreled questions should be avoided because they ask several questions at once also leading question should be avoided and they are questions that indicate a preferred response. There is a lot to be learned when it comes to conducting a “perfect” survey. Seeing is believing and reading this chapter has helped me realize a lot that goes into making a great survey.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your post. I agree with your statement “that we don’t take enough time really observing human nature, and in a way just let it pass us by” completely. In both my personal and professional life, I have struggled to “smell the roses” and not just “stomp over the bushes” as I trample my way to success. I attended a training once where, before we began an exercise, we were asked to close our eyes, practice deep breathing, and were taken through a number of statements directing us to “feel the chair hitting our backs, feel our jeans scratching our knees, feel our feet pressing into the floor, etc.” This was an important event for me because I realized how detached I can become from my experiences and how I needed to explore that more in order to be better for myself and my work.
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I did not choose the survey to talk about in my post but I kind of wish I had now. I love love love doing surveys. I probably don’t do them quite right but I love asking random people questions and getting answers that sometimes I never would have thought of myself. The last survey I participated in was about buying or selling stuff online. The lady who surveyed us was trying to build a website not unlike Amazon or E-bay where people could buy and sell things. She was asking a lot of questions about availability and timeliness of delivery so I think she was trying to improve what the previously mentioned websites already do.
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ReplyDeleteYes, interesting concept indeed. I've been able to conduct surveys within my Comm. class, it can be a long process, coming up with the survey and the research question, collecting data, organzing it and then reporting on it to classmates. It is a good experience though and I learned alot. You said, "I found it interesting that double- barreled questions should be avoided because they ask several questions at once also leading question should be avoided and they are questions that indicate a preferred response." (Morgan.Segall) Yes this is true, because if you ask someone too many questions at once, the person may one just answer one of the questions. And or not give you the response you were hoping to hear. Its better to have a leading question after another, so there is an organize flow to the survey.