Designing questions for children

Date of publication: June 15, 1980

Author: Paul A. Mayes

Abstract:

The paper considers important aspects of designing questions for children. It commences with a discussion of the constraints and limitations of conducting questionnaire-based research with children, covering such items as the difficulty of recording non-verbal reactions, and the limited attention span of younger children. From each of the points covered a criterion by which a question may be judged is derived. The paper briefly considers some problems associated with collecting different types of frequently-required data from children. This is followed by a discussion of the benefits of collecting comparative rather than absolute data, and some comments on the analysis of scaled questions.

Paul A. Mayes

Author

This is a long description of some author details.

This could also be of interest:

Research Papers

Research Papers

Research Papers

  • PDF