Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing

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This new edition is thoroughly updated to reflect developments in the field and with recent example studies that focus on considerations, challenges, and opportunities raised at all stages of the research process by online questionnaires. There is also expanded, detailed guidance on how to use the IRIS database and how to clean, process, and analyze questionnaire data prior to determining and reporting findings.

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Full title :Questionnaires in Second Language Research : Construction, Administration, and Processing / Zoltan Doernyei, Jean-Marc Dewaele.

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Publication Date:2022
Edition:3rd edition

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Publisher(s):Taylor & Francis Ltd
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2022

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Interessenniveau: 06, Professional and scholarly: For an expert adult audience, including academic research. (06).

Interessenniveau: 4LE, Für ELT / ESL-Lernen, Kurse, Prüfungen und Zertifikate.

Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition Introduction 1 Questionnaires in Second Language Research1.1 What Are "Questionnaires" and What Do They Measure? 1.1.1 What a Questionnaire Is Not 1.1.2 What Do Questionnaires Measure? 1.2 Using Questionnaires: Pros and Cons 1.2.1 Advantages 1.2.2 Disadvantages 1.3 Questionnaires in Quantitative and Qualitative2 Constructing the Questionnaire 2.1 General Features 2.1.1 Length 2.1.2 Layout 2.1.3 Sensitive Topics and Anonymity2.2 The Main Parts of a Questionnaire2.2.1 Title 2.2.2 Instructions 2.2.3 Questionnaire Items 2.2.4 Sociobiographical Information2.2.5 Additional Information2.2.6 Final "Thank You" 2.3 Appropriate Sampling of the Questionnaire Content and the Significance of "Multi-Item Scales" 2.3.1 Appropriate Sampling of the Content 2.3.2 Using Multi-Item Scales 2.4 "Closed-Ended" Questionnaire Items 2.4.1 Rating Scales 2.4.2 Multiple-Choice Items2.4.3 Rank Order Items 2.4.4 Numeric Items 2.4.5 Checklists 2.5 Open-Ended Questions 2.5.1 Specific Open Questions 2.5.2 Clarification Questions 2.5.3 Sentence Completion Items 2.5.4 Short-Answer Questions 2.6 How to Write Good Items 2.6.1 Drawing Up an "Item Pool" 2.6.2 Rules About Writing Items 2.6.3 Writing Sensitive Items 2.7 Grouping and Sequencing Items 2.7.1 Clear and Orderly Structure 2.7.2 Opening Questions 2.7.3 Factual (or "Personal" or "Classification") Questions at the Beginning or that the End?2.7.4 Open-Ended Questions at the End 2.8 Translating the Questionnaire2.8.1 Translation as a Team-Based Approach2.8.2 Translation with Limited Resources2.9 Computer Programs for Constructing Questionnaires2.10 Piloting the Questionnaire and Conducting Item Analysis2.10.1 Initial Piloting of the Item Pool 2.10.2 Final Piloting ("Dress Rehearsal") 2.10.3 Item Analysis 3 Administering the Questionnaire3.1 Selecting the Sample 3.1.1 Sampling Procedures 3.1.2 How Large Should the Sample Be? 3.1.3 The Problem of Respondent Self-Selection 3.2 Main Types of Questionnaire Administration 3.2.1 Administration by Mail 3.2.2 One-to-One Administration 3.2.3 Group Administration 3.3 Strategies to Increase the Quality and Quantity of Participant Response 3.3.1 Advance notice 3.3.2 Attitudes Conveyed by Teachers, Parents, and Other Authority Figures 3.3.3 Respectable Sponsorship 3.3.4 The Presence of a Survey Administrator 3.3.5 The Behavior of the Survey Administrator 3.3.6 Communicating the Purpose and Significance of the Survey 3.3.7 Emphasizing Confidentiality 3.3.8 Reading Out the Questionnaire Instructions 3.3.9 The Style and Layout of the Questionnaire 3.3.10 Promising Feedback on the Results 3.4 Questionnaire Administration, Confidentiality, and Other Ethical Issues 3.4.1 Basic Ethical Principles of Data Collection 3.4.2 Obtaining Consent for Children 3.4.3 Strategies for Getting Around Anonymity 4 Processing Questionnaire Data 4.1 Coding Questionnaire Data 4.1.1 First Things First: Assigning Identification Codes 4.1.2 Coding Quantitative Data 4.2 Inputting the Data 4.2.1 Creating and Naming the Data File 4.2.2 Keying in the Data4.3 Processing Closed Questions 4.3.1 Data Cleaning 4.3.2 Data Manipulation 4.3.3 Reducing the Number of Variables in the Questionnaire 4.3.4 Main Types of Questionnaire Data 4.3.5 Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Data 4.3.6 Statistical Procedures to Analyze Data 4.4 Content Analysis of Open-Ended Questions 4.5 Computer Programs for Processing Questionnaire Data 4.6 Summarizing and Reporting Questionnaire Data

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Description:170 Seiten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781032364339, 1032364335, 9781032364315, 1032364319
oclc:on1351868999
Dewey Decimal:418.0072

Subjects

Applied linguistics for ELT Child & Developmental Psychology Entwicklungspsychologie Fremdsprachendidaktik: Theorie und Meth… Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidak… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Language teaching & learning (other tha… linguistics Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik Literature: history & criticism Psychological theory & schools of thoug… Psychologie: Theorien und Denkschulen SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT + LINGUISTIK