The best practices for a survey research question are to have items clear, avoid
double-barreled questions, and make sure respondents are compliant to answer and willing to
answer. When writing a research question, questions should also be relevant and avoid biased
items and terms. Our research question is “Do family fun time activities improve family
involvement?” The dependent variable is “How involved was the family in the activity?”
My independent variable is household income. This is measured through my survey. The
questions are well-written questions since they are uncluttered, have a consistent format, and
are not open-ended.