Survey of surveying?

November 3, 2021 7:45 PM

Can you recommend any resources on survey design and other aspects of survey research?
posted by NotLost to Grab Bag (6 answers total)

The professional association of survey researchers might have some resources and pointers.
posted by PhineasGage at 9:45 PM on November 3, 2021 [1 favorite]

There is also this dated but classic work.
posted by PhineasGage at 9:46 PM on November 3, 2021

This might be useful: Surveys that Work by Caroline Jarrett. It came out this year.
posted by ralan at 4:54 AM on November 4, 2021

Depending on how rigorous this survey needs to be, Sage Research Methods is the standard academic resource. You'd likely need access to a local university library.
posted by aspersioncast at 10:01 AM on November 4, 2021

If you want something 'quick and dirty', browse the Qualtrics support pages. If you're not familiar, Qualtrics is an online survey-maker platform (among other things). They have excellent technical help pages for how to use Qualtrics, but they also have some basic info on survey design. Their reporting and analysis tools are getting increasingly sophisticated as well, so they have some info on data analysis too. I believe they offer a free limited account, but you don't need an account to browse the help pages.
posted by kochenta at 3:12 PM on November 4, 2021

Response by poster: Thanks for all the ideas! These aren't for a particular project, just to learn more for longer-term goals.
posted by NotLost at 6:55 PM on November 4, 2021