Questionnaire Design

This topic cover questionnaire design and measurement issues.

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Do start with a careful review of existing survey instruments that cover similar topics. Don't reinvent the wheel -- working from a high-quality, previously-piloted survey instrument will save time and improve the quality of your final output.

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Blogs related to questionnaire design

• Reasons not to do a list experiment: http://andrewgelman.com/2014/04/23/thinking-list-experiment-heres-list-reasons-think/

Comprehensive resources on survey design

• Margaret Grosh and Paul Glewwe. 2000. Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries: Lessons from 15 Years of the Living Standards Measurement Study. Volumes 1, 2, and 3. The World Bank.[1]
• Dhar, Diva. Instrument Design 101 [Powerpoint Slides]. Retried from https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Instrument%20Design_Diva_final.pdf