When reviewing the survey the first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of leading questions or close ended questions. For example, in question 23 when first giving the definition of math anxiety it seems that most people would say yes, whether they truly felt they had it or not prior to looking at the question. In addition, asking more than one question within a question leads to confusion and the inability to answer it straight forward. For example, in question 24 when asking if the participant had ever had a class discussing any of several theorists listed. If you are taking a course in sociological theory most likely you have had one with the named theorists. Once again the survey is setting the participant up for a definite
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As well as not providing the answer before the question. It seems there is no direction in the survey or purpose of the survey. The line of questioning is all over the place and in order to pin point an accurate result there needs to be a purpose. In addition, there needs to be more specific wording used. There is so much room to roam, so to speak. Such as in question 30 when asking about the president’s policies, one can’t simply answer that with the options provided, considering there is more than one policy. If the question was asking about a specific policy then there would be a concrete way to answer that. Changing the wording so that it is not so intrusive would help as well. Moving on to correcting five of the questions:
1. Do you support the murder of unborn children by Abortionists?
a. In regards to abortion do you consider yourself pro –choice, against or choose not to answer
2. Don’t you agree with our President and think we should increase military aid to governments that fight communists and terrorists?
a. Should we increase military aid to governments that fight …show more content…
Are politicians dishonest?
4. Do you think that it is wise to cut spending on social programs and increase military spending?
a. Should the government cut spending on social programs to increase military spending?
5. Do you favor the legalization of “pot” and similar harmful drugs that young people abuse and increase drug addiction?
a. Do you think legalizing marijuana would increase addiction risks to other substances with the youth? This survey would not produce reliable data as it is presented due to the variations of data provided. There is no reliability in the questions and the answers. A lot of the questions are built to get a specific answer; therefore, can’t be used to get an accurate count. If the study was used and a retest was given, a person could answer differently based on how they are feeling that day. There is no validity in the survey provided. The survey is not testing someone’s true thought because they are presented in a bias way. There are multiple questions and no concrete yes, no, or scale charts to compile accurate data from. There is no relationship between reliability and validity. A lot of the questions cannot be answered in a fair and unbiased fashion making the survey a
As well as not providing the answer before the question. It seems there is no direction in the survey or purpose of the survey. The line of questioning is all over the place and in order to pin point an accurate result there needs to be a purpose. In addition, there needs to be more specific wording used. There is so much room to roam, so to speak. Such as in question 30 when asking about the president’s policies, one can’t simply answer that with the options provided, considering there is more than one policy. If the question was asking about a specific policy then there would be a concrete way to answer that. Changing the wording so that it is not so intrusive would help as well. Moving on to correcting five of the questions:
1. Do you support the murder of unborn children by Abortionists?
a. In regards to abortion do you consider yourself pro –choice, against or choose not to answer
2. Don’t you agree with our President and think we should increase military aid to governments that fight communists and terrorists?
a. Should we increase military aid to governments that fight …show more content…
Are politicians dishonest?
4. Do you think that it is wise to cut spending on social programs and increase military spending?
a. Should the government cut spending on social programs to increase military spending?
5. Do you favor the legalization of “pot” and similar harmful drugs that young people abuse and increase drug addiction?
a. Do you think legalizing marijuana would increase addiction risks to other substances with the youth? This survey would not produce reliable data as it is presented due to the variations of data provided. There is no reliability in the questions and the answers. A lot of the questions are built to get a specific answer; therefore, can’t be used to get an accurate count. If the study was used and a retest was given, a person could answer differently based on how they are feeling that day. There is no validity in the survey provided. The survey is not testing someone’s true thought because they are presented in a bias way. There are multiple questions and no concrete yes, no, or scale charts to compile accurate data from. There is no relationship between reliability and validity. A lot of the questions cannot be answered in a fair and unbiased fashion making the survey a