Cancelled: Survey and questionnaire - design use and validation 2025

Welcome to Survey and questionnaire - design use and validation.

Description: This course will focus on using surveys in health science and give participants an understanding of the strengths and limitations of surveys as a study design and the research questions that surveys can and cannot answer. The choice of study population, sampling and data collection will be discussed as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using standardised, previously validated, or self-constructed questionnaires. Furthermore, participants will learn how to construct a questionnaire with high validity and reliability, focusing on both the writing of clear and unbiased questions and the choice of suitable options for answering and different types of measurement scales. Finally, participants will gain an understanding of the importance of thorough testing of questionnaires and of quantitative as well as qualitative methods for this purpose. During the course, lectures and discussions will be mixed with group work and individual exercises, allowing participants to develop, test and discuss questionnaire questions and measurement scales relevant to their own study.

Prerequisites: None

Teaching methods: Lectures, discussion, group exercise and presentation of students' projects

Criteria for assessment: Active participation and presentation of own project with a focus on the topics of the course for the class

Organizer: Henrik Bøggild

Lecturers: Henrik Bøggild

ECTS: 2.0

Time: 28 - 29 April, 6 -7 May 2025

Place: Aalborg University

28 April: Niels Jernes Vej 8A room 0.01

29 April + 6 May: Selma lagerløfs vej 249 room 11.00.034

7 May: Selma lagerløfs vej 249 room 11.00.033

Zip code: 9220

City: Aalborg

Maximal number of participants: 30

Deadline: 7 April 2025

Important information concerning PhD courses: 

There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

For external PhD students: This course is a general course and is prioritised for PhD Students enrolled at Aalborg University. If there are available seats, PhD students from other universities will be accepted. You will be notified shortly after the deadline if you have been accepted.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.