Survey Question

Evaluating Survey Questions
Name
Institution
Evaluating Survey Questions
The following evaluation is considered against the following four parameters:
Negative wording; complexity (note: good questions are simple and straightforward)
Double-barreled
Loaded
Grammatically incorrect
It is also important to note that most of the time, questions that are not simple and straightforward are also ‘loaded.’
Survey Question Evaluation
Question 1 – Please specify your gender
The first question of this survey has positive wording and is not loaded since it is simple, concise and straightforward. The question is also grammatically correct.
However, the question is double-barreled since it only gives the option for two genders, i.e., male and female yet there are people who are transgender or bisexual. It would be better if a third option ‘other’ would be added to cater for the transgender persons.
Question 2 – Which of the following age groups do you fit into? This question is well structured. It is simple, to the point and giving specific options without in-betweens that could confuse a person responding to the survey. The question is also grammatically correct and concise enough; therefore not loaded.
Question 3 – Where do you live? As much as this question passes the test for grammatical correctness, not being loaded and being simple, it has a double-barreled scope. The question is too open, and this might cause a person responding to the survey to wonder about…