Hi Bonnie,
In my opinion, unless your thesis specifically relates to the
presentation format, and the reader would need to see this to understand
and interpret your results, the questions themselves are likely to be
more relevant and easier for the reader to peruse in standard printed
format. However, I think a screenshot example of what the participants
were presented with would be useful. I'd definitely recommend including
all questions, and make reference to the skip logic in your methods, as
that is pertinent to how you administered your study.
Regarding Group A and Group B, I'd include both questionnaires, and
presumably you make reference in your methods to what the differences
are, the rationale behind them etc. That way, if someone wants to
recreate your study in years to come, they have all the info they need
on what you did; but as an examiner I'd be more interested in why you
did it your way.
Hope that helps,
Brian
On 11/04/2010 16:39, Bonnie Poon Zahl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am asking for advice about formatting dissertations, specifically
> how to show a questionnaire which was only used online in the appendix.
>
> I am collecting data using an online survey software. When I include
> the survey instrument (which has several scales) in the appendix,
> should I include a print out of the online questionnaire itself (to
> show what it actually looked like for participants), or should I
> present it as if it were on paper?
>
> There are some skip logic to the questionnaire are not visible for
> participants online (whereas a paper version would have had all the
> pages and just asked the respondent to skip some of them), so I'm not
> sure how to present that.
>
> Also, the logic depends on participants' group membership
> (self-identified information), i.e., People who self-identify as
> someone in Group A answers a SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT version of the
> questionnaire than someone who self-identifies as someone in Group B;
> there is thus sufficient overlap between the two versions, but also
> some important differences. How would you recommend presenting these
> two different versions of essentially the same questionnaire?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best,
> Bonnie Zahl
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