Exploration 4: Survey Development

Assignment by Molly Kirby, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Overview

In this assignment, students practice drafting a survey instrument, which they’ll later deploy to a segment of the on-campus community. Through this process, students learn how question design shapes their results, intentionally and unintentionally. In CODE123: Research and Systems Thinking, students practice with their chosen research question (developed in Exploration 2). However, they’ll also apply these skills in their research team courses.

Assignment Sheet

Author

  • Dr. Meg Smith is a digital humanist and medieval historian. At SIUE, she serves as Interim Director of the IRIS Center for Digital Humanities and Technical Director for the CODES program.