Questionnaires have obtained a rather ambivalent reputation as a research instrument. Although they can be very useful, designing a good questionnaire takes considerable effort and thinking. Two things that are not always around, it seems. Not surprisingly, we all have come across some, to put it mildly, terrible questionnaires. Sitting down for five minutes to write down a number of questions ...

In a panel survey where the same set of questions is asked repeatedly over time, the need to update the survey questionnaire may arise. Knowledge of the quality of earlier responses can be used to improve the questionnaires for subsequent waves. Response rate and item nonresponse can be improved through information obtained in earlier waves. Changes in layout, appearance, number of questions an...

1Medical Research Council Human Movement and Balance Correspondence to: Dr A. M. Bronstein, Medical Research Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Council Human Movement and Balance Unit, National London and 2Psychology Department, Royal Holloway, Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University of London, Egham, UK London WC1N 3BG, UK or Dr A. B. Morland, Psy...

background: to our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (od). therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (atod-o) to measure attitude toward od. materials and methods: this methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. in addition, we perf...