Using surveys in language programs

By J. D. Brown. 2001

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Interviewing as a Data Collection Method: A Critical Review (2014, background): “In sum, Brown (2001) interestingly reviews the advantages and disadvantages of interviewing; as follows (Note 4):”
Assessment Literacy for the Language Classroom (2012, background): “These disadvantages of closed-response items need to be taken into account when using surveys in similar needs analysis studies, and could usefully be added to warnings in the research methods literature (J. D. Brown, 2001, p. 37).”
Variation in the frequency and characteristics of incidental focus on form (2003, methodology): “correction was performed (Brown, 2001), resulting in the use of an alpha level of a = .”
Mixed Method Research: Instruments, Validity, Reliability and Reporting Findings (2013, background): “The following statements are some of the advantages of the questionnaires (Seliger & Shohamy 1989; Robinson, 1991; Lynch, 1996; Nunan, 1999; Gillham, 2000; Brown, 2001).”
The Predictive Validity of an ESL Placement Test (2007, methodology): “Interview data from faculty members and students were transcribed and analyzed thematically, using standard procedures for inducing and refining categories and themes (Brown, 2001; Patton, 2000).”
Japanese learners' demotivation to study English: a survey study (2009, unknown): “Following Brown’s (2001) guidance for survey research, we found five external demotivating factors for Japanese learners of English.”
Seeing eye to eye? The academic writing needs of graduate and undergraduate students from students’ and instructors’ perspectives (2010, background): “Needs analysis is an on-going and endless process, because no process is perfect, as numerous researchers have pointed out (e.g. Nunan, 1988; Brown, 1995, 2001).”
Predicting hotel managers’ turnover cognitions (2003, methodology): “Likert scales are acknowledged to be one of the most accurate methods of gathering respondents’ opinions and attitudes on issues related to organisations (Brown, 1996).”
Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Foreign Language Teaching: A Comparison of Ideals (2009, background): “As Brown (2001) pointed out, effective item writing can be extremely difficult and is one of the most arduous aspects of questionnaire design.”
Immediate and delayed effects of embedded metacognitive instruction on Chinese EFL students’ English writing and regulation of cognition (2016, background): “While questionnaires can provide evidence of patterns mong large populations, qualitative interview data serve as useful means to gather a more in-depth insight on participant ttitudes, thoughts, and actions (Brown, 2001).”
Integrating Grammar in Adult TESOL Classrooms (2008, background): “There is an extensive literature on questionnaire design which covers issues such as question types, item wording and sequencing, layout, instructions, and piloting (e.g. Oppenheim 1992; Gillham 2000; Aldridge and Levine 2001; Brown 2001; De Vaus 2002; Fowler 2002; Dörnyei 2003).”