Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host
raldone01@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Done but I felt lots of questions to be very similar. Maybe there is a form platform that can show only a subset of control questions for every survey.
SelfhostedResearch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thank you for completing the survey and for your thoughtful feedback. The similarity between some questions is intentional and follows common scientific practice when measuring complex or abstract concepts. Using multiple, slightly varied items that target the same construct increases the reliability and validity of the data by capturing subtle nuances and reducing the influence of random response variation. While your suggestion to show only a subset of such items through adaptive platforms is valid and worth exploring, fixed item sets are generally preferred in research settings to ensure consistent and robust measurement. We appreciate your input and will consider it in future survey design improvements.
testuserpleaseupvote@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
To be honest, if 3-4 questions in a row had same-ish wording, I just replied the same thing 3-4 times.