Science in the media- task 1 a

Questionnaire:

The most important aspect of producing a questionnaire is the nature of the questions asked. You must draw up a list, be clear as to what you expect the answers to be and avoid any bias which will introduce invalid results.

1.Get examples of other questionnaires and decide on a suitable style. It is more usual to have a set of easily ticked boxes with a grading of perhaps 1–4.

2.Produce a list of questions (approx. 10) that can be answered fairly quickly. (Some questions can be linked to the Research Councils UK and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 2008 study outlined in the Student Book.)

3.Have some example captions from publicised media headlines about some scientific issues. Choose your sample of people from as wide a group as possible e.g. age, race. Collate the responses using a table format

Completed questionnaire- P2 identify public perception about science