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Question 14: Self-completed/ postal questionnaires

 

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Some disadvantages of postal or self completed questionnaires are:

They are easy to bin

Exclude people with literacy problems

No guarantee that the intended respondent has completed the questionnaire

No control over order or what completed. If only some sections are completed or parts are missed out

What can be done to overcome these problems?

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Yes, we can break down complex issues over a set of questions, we can specify that only the participant should complete the questionnaire or we can ask the person completing to give us their name and relationship to the respondent. We can just print on one side of the page and can do a pilot studyNo we should not just scrap the whole thing. There are things we can do such as; break down complex issues over a set of questions, we can specify that only the participant should complete the questionnaire or we can ask the person completing to give us their name and relationship to the respondent. We can just print on one side of the page and can do a pilot study.Your answer has been saved.
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