Question format for Opinion section

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I lost my flow of concentration when the question typed changed in the "Opinion" section. One way to address this would be to rewrite the first three questions in this section to use the format of the later questions...1st person, likert scale. I'd also suggest including directions. This revision might look something like the following:


For each of the following statements, indicate your level of agreement.

I believe that learning materials should be free for all learners of the world.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I support lecturers, teachers and trainers in their decision to share their teaching materials freely.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I believe that content generated from taxpayer revenue should be released freely for use by all citizens.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

A second option is to just add the new instructions "For each of the following statements, indicate your level of agreement." before the first question in the new format.

I have a slight preference for just adding directions--I like having the dichotomous answer choices for the first three questions--more definitive, although we risk having a large number of omits (assuming that's an option).

Alison

ASnieckus (talk)13:41, 29 December 2010

Hi Alison,

I have no real preference -- both would work for me. Skipping questions will be an option (we won't force answers and will respect anonymity). That said, from experience our community of educators are pretty good at answering these survey questions.

Go with your preference imho :-)

Mackiwg (talk)14:06, 29 December 2010

Having thought about it a bit more, the likert scale seems preferable with these so we can get a sense of how strongly people agree/disagree.

I'll reword these questions in the survey and we can see how it flows.

Alison

ASnieckus (talk)12:35, 30 December 2010

That's fine ;-) -- I think you're right!

Mackiwg (talk)16:01, 30 December 2010