Neue Software-Werkzeuge zur Dokumentation der Fragebogenentwicklung

Abstract

"The process of questionnaire development is seldom documented in a way that allows other researchers to benefit from the authors' experience with that process. This article describes two Software tools that support the documentation of questionnaire development. First, we introduce 'Revision Control Systems' (RCS), which are used by professional programmers in program development. Unfortunately, RCS are more suited to the authors' own archiving purposes than to public demonstration of the development process. To address this deficiency, we have developed a general-use perl script (QDDS: Questionnaire Development Documentation Script) that permits the documentation of all versions of a questionnaire or of all versions of a given question. This documentation can be easily accessed with a web browser." (Author's abstract)

Cite article

Schnell, R. & Kreuter, F. (2001): Neue Software-Werkzeuge zur Dokumentation der Fragebogenentwicklung. In: ZA-Information No. 48, p. 56-70.