PSY 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Surveymonkey, Relate, Smallpox

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3307
• Professor: Elizabeth Kristjansson

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Consider objectives, time and resources available for administration and interpretation, and instrument framework. For making diagnosis, may need tests in combination with other information. Checklists simple, but can"t measure fine distinctions. Knowing who your respondents will be will guide you in writing questions and scaling responses: have to make questions and responses appropriate for the people who are responding. General population, students, mothers, older people etc. Reading level must be around a grade 6 level, try to make the question clearer, use. Knowing that will help you decide how long the questionnaire will be and the type of. Children, clear questions and rating scale for kids might use pictures ( ) Seniors can"t be too long, rating scale might be shorter, lettering might be bigger etc. Personal contact does work best for getting information you need. Establish a better rapport with the other person. Required to see a picture, use blocks, draw etc.