You are helping a novice survey researcher learn effective ways to construct questionnaire items. In a brief essay, highlight the guidelines for constructing questionnaire items in a way that the novice researcher can understand what she or he should do (or avoid)

What will be an ideal response?

Essays should outline the guidelines found on pages 170-176. Specifically, essays should address (1) the appropriate selection of open and closed ended questions; (2) the importance of constructing clear questions; (3) the importance of avoiding double-barreled questions; (4) the respondent must be competent to answer the question; (5) the respondent must be willing to answer the questions; (6) the questions should be relevant to most respondents; (7) the questions should be simply worded and readable; (8) questions should avoid negative wording; and (9) questions should avoid biased wording.