Survey research, a self-completion questionnaire : an investigation between school social workers' personal contact, professional development and attitudes toward children impacted by HIV/AIDS /

For my doctoral dissertation, I collected data using survey research, which may sound like an easy task, but the process can have many challenges. I began collecting data with the use of a mailed questionnaire. However, after having experienced a poor return rate, I decided to use a self-completion...

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Main Author:	Mickles-Burns, Leona (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018.
Series:	SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
Subjects:	School social work > Case studies. HIV-positive children > Case studies. Questionnaires > Case studies. Service social scolaire > Études de cas. Questionnaires > Études de cas. HIV-positive children Questionnaires School social work Case studies
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	For my doctoral dissertation, I collected data using survey research, which may sound like an easy task, but the process can have many challenges. I began collecting data with the use of a mailed questionnaire. However, after having experienced a poor return rate, I decided to use a self-completion questionnaire that I would administer face to face. The acceptable number of surveys collected for a dissertation is not necessarily the acceptable number of surveys required for publishing the findings in a peer-reviewed journal. Therefore, after collecting the data for my dissertation, I collected additional data 12 years later using a self-completion questionnaire and encountered additional challenges. Some of the challenges included obtaining institutional review board approval, locating and contacting the authorized people/decision makers, the logistics of collecting the data, protecting the confidentiality of the data, missing survey information, and trying to make meaning of all the data. Self-completion questionnaires have many challenges; however, they are a useful research technique that can be used to gather reliable and useful data.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781526441911 1526441918