Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching: Research Methods for Language Professionals

Questionnaire Development Rubric

Category
Focus

4
All questionnaire
items are related with
the area of the research
question.

3
Most questionnaire items
are related with the area
of the research question.

Responses

The predefined
responses, their
formats, and their
scaling are appropriate
to the question item
across the
questionnaire.

The predefined responses,

their formats, and their
scaling are appropriate to
the question item in the
majority of the
questionnaire.

Clarity

Writing style

Length

Bias

Double-barreled
questions

Spelling &
Grammar

2
Most questionnaire
items are not related
with the area of the
research question or
the relation is very
vague.

The predefined
responses, their
formats, and their
scaling are not
appropriate to the
question item in the
majority of the
questionnaire.
All question items are Most of the question
Most of the question
clear and easy to
items are clear and easy to items are ambiguous
understand.
understand. A couple of
or not precise
Furthermore, there are questions are ambiguous
allowing for multiple
no negatively framed
or not precise allowing for interpretations.
questions.
multiple interpretations.
Language is simple
Language is simple and
Language is not
and natural. There are
natural in most question
simple in most
no excess words and
items. In some question
question items.
jargon is avoided.
items there is use of
Jargon and/or excess
jargon and/or excess
words are used often.
words.
All questions are as
Most questions are as
Most questions are
short and simple as
short and simple as
either long or
possible.
possible; some questions
complex or both.
are either long or
complex.
All questions are
Most questions are
Most questions
unbiased. Furthermore, unbiased. Some questions encourage a
when opinion or
encourage a particular
particular response.
experience is
response. In some
In most question
requested, a no
question items a no
items a no opinion
opinion or I dont
opinion or I dont want or I dont want to
want to answer
to answer alternative is
answer alternative is
alternative is provided not provided, although it
not provided,
in the responses.
is necessary.
although it is
necessary.
Each of the questions
Most of the questions
Most of the questions
addresses only one
address only one issue or
are double-barreled.
issue or concept.
concept. Some questions
are double-barreled.
There are no
There is a couple of
There are some
misspellings or
spelling and/or
spelling and/or
grammatical errors.
grammatical errors.
grammatical errors.

1
Almost all
questionnaire items
are not related with
the area of the
research question or
the relation is very
vague.
The predefined
responses, their
formats, and their
scaling are not
appropriate to the
question item across
the questionnaire.
Almost all question
items are ambiguous
or not precise
allowing for
multiple
interpretations.
Language is not
simple in almost all
question items.
Jargon and excess
words are used
often.
Almost all questions
are either long or
complex or both.

Almost all questions

encourage a
particular response.
A no opinion or I
dont want to
answer alternative
is not provided
although it is
necessary.
Almost all questions
are double-barreled.

There are several

errors in spelling
and/or grammar.

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commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit to the author is provided. This citation may be used: Konstantinidis, A. (2016). Questionnaire
Development Rubric. Research Methods for Language Professionals module, Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching
programme, University of Nottingham, UK. Retrieved from: [url]