The survey in social sciences: main aspects

Bussola Manuela, Francesca Cini, Federica Pellizzaro

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This paper is aimed at presenting the social research process with reference to: 1) the whole vision and 2) the use of the survey as social research method and the structured questionnaire as a main tool of social survey. The paper is composed by two main parts: theoretical and methodological. In the first part, authors try to briefly clarify the main aspects of a research process. According to the literature, the research process is designed as an "helicoidal model of social research” in which each stage affects three main constraints that represent a process core. Second part is composed by description of survey in social research and construction of a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire shown in this paper is the result of some classes on applied methodology within the International Course on Applied Anthropology to Development Process. The empirical experience concerned the tourist satisfaction that was chosen as topic to analyzed because it represents an experience close to their tourist stay in Rome. Theoretical and empirical dimensions are defined and how can design a structured questionnaire. In this part, authors try to clarify the way to avoid common biases connected to the questions construction and the use of pre-test.


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survey, social sciences

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