Question Bank

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Question Bank new and comparative research at a
glance

• Nanna Floor Clausen
• Danish Data Archives

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The presentation

• The construction of a good questionnaire
• How a question bank can contribute

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The construction of a questionnaire

• Purpose of the survey
• Clarity
• Transparency
• Order of questions
• Lay-out

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The questions

• Question wording
• Response categories
• Test of questionnaire

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The road towards a question bank

• Search catalogue
• Topic catalogue
• Question Bank Search in variable
  level meta data

Search in meta data
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Whats in a question database?

• Question wording
• Response categories
• Order of questions
• Access to related information

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Demo of Question database at DDA
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Questionnaire

• Questionnaire

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Why is a QB important?

• The quality of a question determines the quality
  of the survey
• Direct access to the question wording
• Shares the competence of designing questions and
  questionnaires
• Improved data service

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The roles of a Question database

• Additional methods for identifying surveys
• New possibilities for comparative research
• Support in the construction of new questionnaires
  and questions
• New possibility for generating time series
• Longitudinal analysis of a question
• Research on the question formulations
• More open access and insight into the surveys
• ....and much more

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Questions

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