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Subject:Re: Designing a survey From:Barbara Karst-Sabin <barbara -at- QUOTE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:57:26 -0700
This is going to be a pretty vague answer, but...there are lots of books
on the subject. It's a very specialized field.
When I was going through my courses for certification as a course
developer, one of the requirements was a class in writing tests and
surveys.
So, I'd say that a good place to start might be by calling a
University's Ed Dept. They probably have at least one such text as
required reading. (It's been six years since I took the course and I
have no clue what mine was. Sorry.)
BJ
tmazz wrote:
>
> We are designing a survey and would like to know if anyone has
> any words of wisdom regarding surveys, sample questions,
> questions to avoid, and so on. (We document software.)
>
> Thank you,
>
> --
> Theodora Mazza
> Technical Writer
> Mechanical Dynamics, Inc.
>http://www.adams.com
>
>
