Surveys From Start to Finish

Megan Cole (SME Consultant/Revision Contributor)

Description

If you want to know what your employees or customers think, a survey may be the answer. But surveys provide valuable and accurate data only when they are conducted correctly.

This issue of TD at Work will help you design and administer effective surveys. “Surveys From Start to Finish” offers tips for determining when to conduct a survey, what type of survey to use, whom to survey, what questions to ask, and how to get the information you need. In the issue, you will find:
· steps for creating a survey
· an overview of survey types
· best practices for survey scales
· sample survey questions
· jobs aids for survey planning
· discussion of legal and ethical considerations.

Sujets

• Economics
• Development
• Business
• Research

Informations

• Publié par: Association for Talent Development
• Date de parution: 30 juillet 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781607281146
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

at work TIPS, TOOLS & INTELLIGENCE FOR DEVELOPING TALENT

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

JUNE 2016 ISSUE 1606

SURVEYS FROM START TO FINISH Megan Cole

learning technologies VOL. 33 • ISSUE 1606 • JUNE 2016

SURVEYS FROM START TO FINISH

AUTHORS

Author, Revised 2016 Edition Megan Cole Megan Cole, PhD, is a research analys a he Associaion for Talen Developmen (ATD). Her primary responsibiliies include creaing and programming surveys, cleaning and analyzing daa, and wriing research repors.

Author, 1986 Edition Lori Long

Senior Community Manager, Learning Technologies Jusin Brusino

Editor , TD at Work Paty Gaul

Managing Editor Teresa Preson

Production Design Iris Sanchez

WHEN TO USE SURVEYS.............................................................................. 1 TYPES OF SURVEYS: AN OVERVIEW ........................................................ 1 ONLINE SURVEYS ..........................................................................................2 WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES..................................................................... 4 TIPS FOR ALL SELFADMINISTERED SURVEYS.......................................5 STEPS TO SURVEYING ................................................................................. 6 DATA COLLECTION .....................................................................................10 TABULATING AND ANALYZING RESULTS ..............................................11 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................11 CONCLUSION................................................................................................ 13

REFERENCES & RESOURCES ......................................................................14

JOB AIDS  Survey Plan ............................................................................................. 16  Survey Action Steps With Target Dates ........................................... 18

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