The best practices for survey research can be a numerous number of aspects that will overall, aid in the research. One of these things would be the types of questions one would ask on their survey. Questions should relate to the topic of the study, and not confuse any participants reading the survey. Questions such as “double barreled” questions (2 questions in one) should be avoided as well as biased and negative items. The survey should also be clear and easy to understand (8th grade reading level) and all participants should be competent to answer. Research question: Does race have an effect on parent involvement outcome?
DV: How involved do you feel you are in your child’s education on a scale of 0 – 10? 0=Not at all, 10= Totally involved, the attributes of this question are numbers 0-10, the higher the number the more involved that parent would be. I chose this question because it’s a great way measure the parents’ involvement for their child by a simple scale.
IV: Choose one or more races you consider yourself to be: White or Caucasian, Black or African American, Native American, Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander, Other, prefer not to say. Based on the lit review, I like this question as it easily identifies the different races of the participants, making it easy to distinguish any major differences among the races that participate in this study.
These questions are well written questions because they are easy to understand, and won’t take any complex thinking skills to answer. They have no negatives in them, and they are not double-barreled items. They also relate to my literature review and the study as well.