Working on a research question: Are patients over the age of 65 less likely to use telehealth when compared with patients under the age of 65?
Research question :
Are patients over the age of 65 less likely to use telehealth when compared with patients under
the age of 65?
1) Start to develop your survey tool.
The post should contain the questions you will ask.
Keep in my the following
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There needs to be demographic questions (2-4) age, sex, education, etc.
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There should be 3-5 survey questions
The survey questions should be directed at answering the research question.
See Tips for Creating a survey power point
2) Then create your final survey tool
See Tips for writing methods (data collection)File Power point
Writing the Methods Sections
WEEK 5
Tips
•The goal of your methodology is to increase the credibility of your research by making your
process clear to the reader.
• Begin by describing the research question and the type of data used to answering it.
• Indicate why this type of data is appropriate, relevant, and important to the question.
• Explain the process of data collection.
• How was data collected (survey)
• Criteria to sample participants
• Size of your sample
•Describe how the data was measured. Provide enough information that the reader could
reproduce the study
NOTE: This section will be updated in Part 2 of the course
Creating a Survey
WEEK 4
Type of Survey – Paper
Paper surveys are a common method of gathering information (for example, in a government
census of the population).
• You can easily access a large sample.
• You have some control over who is included in the sample (e.g. residents of a specific region).
• There is a risk for biases like self-selection bias.
Type of Survey – On-line
Online surveys are a popular, due to the low cost and flexibility of this method. There are many
online tools available for constructing surveys, such as SurveyMonkey and Google Forms.
•You can quickly access a large sample without constraints on time or location.
•The data is easy to process and analyze.
•The anonymity and accessibility of online surveys mean you have less control over who
responds, which can lead to biases like self-selection bias.
Questions
Considerations:
• The type of questions
• The content of the questions
• The phrasing of the questions
• The ordering and layout of the survey
Closed Ended Questions
Closed-ended questions give the respondent a predetermined set of answers to choose from. A
closed-ended question can include:
• A binary answer (e.g. yes/no or agree/disagree)
• A scale (e.g. a Likert scale with five points ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree)
• A list of options with a single answer possible (e.g. age categories)
• A list of options with multiple answers possible (e.g. leisure interests)
Closed-ended questions are best for quantitative research. They provide you with numerical
data that can be statistically analyzed to find patterns, trends, and correlations.
Open Ended Questions
• Best for qualitative research. This type of question has no predetermined answers to choose
from. Instead, the respondent answers in their own words.
• Open questions are most common in interviews, but you can also use them in questionnaires.
They are often useful as follow-up questions to ask for more detailed explanations of responses
to the closed questions.
• It takes more work to analyze the open ended questions
Content
• To ensure the validity and reliability of your results, you need to carefully consider each
question in the survey.
• Questions should be narrowly focused with enough context for the respondent to answer accurately.
• Watch the order of the answers, this can influence a response
• Avoid questions that are not directly relevant to the survey’s purpose.
• Utilize language that respondents will easily understand, and avoid words with vague meanings.
• Make sure your questions are phrased neutrally, with no indication that you’d prefer a particular
answer
• Avoid the following:
• Questions with negative terms
• Multiple questions within a question
• Before writing the questions decide on the key topics to be covered
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