Research methods

    Part one

    • What are the steps in conducting a survey?
    • Considering How we undercounted evictions , why should triangulation and mixed methods become an essential step in survey research?

    Part two

    • Write five survey questions about housing insecurity (evictions, etc.; see MARS for examples) that commit the five common survey question mistakes.
    • Rewrite the above five survey questions according to the characteristics of high-quality survey questions.

    Part three

    • How is the order of survey questions important? Provide an example of both a problematic order and an appropriate order of survey questions (a minimum of three questions).
    • According to the NPR interview, how did the national survey on conspiracy beliefs present questions on such beliefs?

    Part four

    • What are ethical issues to consider in survey research?

    Part five

    • Define the following: survey; primary data; secondary data; cross-sectional survey; longitudinal survey
    • What are the strengths of surveys?
    • What are the sources of errors in surveys (including sampling; refer to the previous section on sampling)?

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