Survey Design and Tools
In this class, Adrienne Zell PhD will present the most common questions regarding survey design and administration - and provide the answers! Topics we will cover include: Writing great survey questions Choosing previously validated questions Selecting survey software and administration methods Maximizing response rates Budgeting for your survey Designing your survey to facilitate data analysis Piloting your survey. We will also touch on key regulatory issues and give some tips for developing a communications plan to accompany your survey. Although this is not a study design class, we will also provide some options for alternatives to surveys and briefly discuss the use of surveys in mixed-methods research Slides https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/octri_orf_surveydesign_2021.01.14_accessible.pdf
Introductory
Free