Empirical Research Methods I

Main resources:

• Standardized surveys and data collection:
  • Short Text - Survey Sampling and Research: Definition and Methods: https://www.statisticshowto.com/survey-sampling/
  • Video - A survey in 10 steps - 4m22s:

• Questionnaires:
  • Video - 7 tips for good survey questions - 4m01s:
  • Video - Designing a Questionnaire - statistics help - 5m22:

• Performance and aptitude tests
  • Medium Text - Psychometric Tests - Everything you need to know (2020): https://psychometric-success.com/psychometric-test
  • Short Text - Achievement Tests. How Achievement Tests Measure What People Have Learned: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-an-achievement-test-2794805
  • Short Text - The Types of Aptitude Testing: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-an-aptitude-test-2794806

• Other types of tests
  • Book Chapter - What Are Psychological Tests?: https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/36361_Chapter1.pdf
  • Medium Text - Psychological Testing: http://www.guidetopsychology.com/testing.htm
  • Short Text - Psychological Tests. A simple description and types: https://www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/psychological-tests.html

• Guideline for constructing a questionnaire
  • Short Text - HOW TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE – A small guideline:http://www.europrojectnet.eu/docs/questionnaire.pdf
  • Medium Text - Chapter 4: Questionnaire Design: http://www.fao.org/3/w3241e/w3241e05.htm

• Building items
  • Video - 7 tips for good survey questions - 4m01s:
  • Medium Text - TIP SHEET ON QUESTION WORDING: https://psr.iq.harvard.edu/files/psr/files/PSRQuestionnaireTipSheet_0.pdf
  • Video - Wilmas Tutorials: Fragebogen erstellen (in German) - 4m05:

Additional resources:

• Existing tests (in German)
  • Catalogue - Pearson Produkte: https://www.pearsonclinical.de/produkte
  • Catalogue - Testzentrale Tests im Überblick: https://www.testzentrale.de/shop/tests.html

• Development of an online questionnaire (in the context of technology-supported learning, German)
  • Video - Entwicklung eines Online-Fragebogens (im Bereich des technologiegestützten Lernens) - 28m53s:

• Development of an online questionnaire
  • Video - How to conduct an online survey - 9m24s:

• Advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires
  • Short Text - 10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Questionnaires: https://surveyanyplace.com/questionnaire-pros-and-cons/

• Open and closed items
  • Short Text - Open and Closed Questions: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/open_closed_questions.htm

• Badly formulated questionnaire items
  • Short Text - 5 common survey question mistakes that’ll ruin your data: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/5-common-survey-mistakes-ruin-your-data/