What is a Questionnaire?

What is a Questionnaire?

A questionnaire is a research instrument used by any researcher as a tool to collect data or gather information from any source or subject of his or her interest from the respondents. It has a specific goal to understand topics from the respondent’s point of view. The questionnaire consists of a set of written or printed questions with a choice of answers, devised for survey or statistical studies. It is the most popular type of primary data collection which can be used to gather both quantitative data ( in form of numerals) and qualitative data (in form of words, figures) or mixed data which is a  continuation of both quantitative and qualitative data....

What is a Schedule?

A schedule is a formalized arrangement of inquiries, proclamations, statements, and spaces for replies given to the enumerators who pose inquiries to the respondents and note down the responses. The enumerators personally visit the informants with the schedule and ask them questions from the given set of questions in the sequence in which the questions are prepared and record their lies in the provided space. The enumerators play a major role in collecting data through schedules as they have to explain the aim and proper interpretation of the questions to the respondents so that they can give accurate and proper answers. The most common example of using a schedule to collect data is Population Census....