When gathering data with survey research, it is important to always consider those on the other end of the spectrum that are receiving the survey. We as the surveyors are trying to understand and study through gathering data, the level of social intervention that is needed to make a social impact. The survey and the design of the research should be clear and concise to all the participants of the, avoiding any double-barreled questions that could spark confusion or raise an interest of quitting. With this, the participants must be willing and voluntary to answer, with the answers being precisely relevant to what the survey is trying to analyze. To attain higher rates of completion, the overall goal of the research/survey is to make a short, non-biased, simplistic survey that can gather the desirable data through a questionnaire format of both open- and closed-ended questions.
The research question that I am trying to answer in this research survey is: How does socioeconomic status affect parent involvement with the engagement of family fun time activities? On the other hand, the survey question that I am going to use to operationalize my dependent variable of parent involvement will be, “On a scale of zero to ten; with zero being not at all, and ten being very involved, how involved were you in the family fun time activity?” With the survey directly evaluating and answering questions toward my dependent variable of parent involvement, the question that represents and operationalizes my independent variable will be “What is your annual household income?”, with the answers listed as: “Less than $10,000, $10,000-$30,999, $31,000- $50,999, $51,000-$70,999, $71,000-$90,999, $91,000 or more, Prefer not to answer.” The questions asked within my research can be validated as being clear and concise as well as non-biased toward any individual or ethnic group. All questions are voluntarily answered and are only given out through the attainment of a participants consent to answer.