Objective: Introduce four different types of survey questions (Demographic, Knowledge, Opinion, Behavior). Use these categories to develop survey questions.
Warm-Up: Matching Exercise (10 minutes)
Engage: Survey Scavenger Hunt (20 minutes)
Core Activity: Generate Questions (40 minutes)
REVIEW FOR FACILITATORS
See Types of Information handout for descriptions and examples of survey question categories. Review Survey Development for an overview of doing survey research with youth. Review Survey Question Reference for an overview of different types of survey questions.
We encourage YPAR groups to use an online platform such as Google Forms to make their survey. The benefits of using an online survey are many, including:
If this is not within your skill set or available resources, then there are many ways to successfully use paper surveys as well!