How to develop a survey
Find out how to effectively develop and use a survey in your work, as well as common questions you can ask.
About the guidance
At Healthwatch, we use various research methods to collect people's experiences of health and social care services.
Most commonly, we use surveys to gather this information. This guidance will help you through the steps of how to design a good quality survey in order to capture the most useful data for your research. This includes:
- How to develop a survey
- Guidance on writing survey questions and responses (question bank guidance)
- Sample survey questions, including demographics (question bank)
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How to develop a survey
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