Online Questionnaire in Social Science Research: A Comparative Study of Online Questionnaire Services Providers

Authors

  • P. Ganesan
     Alagappa University, Karaikudi - 630 003
  • D. Kirana Kumar
     Koshys Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2015/v52i5/79750

Keywords:

Online Questionnaire, Service Provider, Social Science Research, Survey Method.

Abstract

Questionnaire plays a vital role in conducting research. Construction of questionnaire is an art and needs more knowledge on subject, grammar and English language. It is one of the data collection tools and it is widely used in survey method. Online questionnaire is the gift of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which helps to collect, analyse, evaluate and interpret data through online. This study compared and evaluated the different services and features offered by the online questionnaire tools.

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Published

2015-10-01

How to Cite

Ganesan, P., & Kirana Kumar, D. (2015). Online Questionnaire in Social Science Research: A Comparative Study of Online Questionnaire Services Providers. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 52(5), 377–383. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2015/v52i5/79750

Issue

Volume 52, Issue 5, October 2015

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Articles

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Received 2015-10-05
Accepted 2015-10-05
Published 2015-10-01