What is the best way to gather the data?
Designing the right kind of assessment method is an essential part of creating a useful assessment, and often involves lots of tweaking. For some questions, a quantitative approach is best but in other cases a qualitative approach might be required. Other projects might require a mixed method approach. Use these guides as well as the planning checklist as a resource to help you determine what kind of assessment is right for your project and how to design for what you need. You can also contact us at SAIRO if you are not sure how to proceed.
For information on crafting surveys:
- Writing Effective Survey Questions
- Designing Effective Surveys
- Common Pitfalls to Good Survey Design
- Survey Planning Checklist
For information on Quantitative Methods:
For information on Qualitative Methods: