The Influence of Question Wording on Respondents Answer

Student: Lialin Mark

Supervisor: Yulia A. Zelikova

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Sociology (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2017

This research is devoted to the influence of the question wording on respondents answer. The study includes a theoretical review of contemporary literature on this topic and also the practical part. The main literature are textbooks, articles and methodological recommendations of leading sociologists. The study select the basic rules of asking the question and making the questionnaire. The study presents the conducted results and analysis, which included the comparison of data from the 4 largest social values databases. In total, more than 400 questions were examined. This study can be useful for sociologists, who for the first time face the collection of quantitative data. With its help, it is easy to learn how to write questions correctly, this study will help researchers to obtain clean and accurate data.

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