Sometimes we want to ask questions only of respondents to whom they are relevant. Define how a researcher would do that in a questionnaire and give an example as to how it works.
What will be an ideal response?
The use of filter questions is important to ensure that questions are asked only of relevant respondents. For example, if you are interested in the utilization of police services by robbery victims, you would first need to establish victimization with a filter question. These filter questions create skip patterns. For example, respondents who answer no to one question are directed to skip ahead to another question, but respondents who answer yes are to go on to the contingent question(s). (Filter questions are sometimes called contingency questions.) Skip patterns should be indicated clearly with arrows or other direction in the questionnaire, as demonstrated in Exhibit 7.3.
Filter question: A survey question used to identify a subset of respondents who then are asked other questions.
Skip patterns: The unique combination of questions created in a survey by filter questions and contingent questions.
Contingent question: Questions that are asked of only a subset of survey respondents.
Exhibit 7.3 Filter Questions and Skip Patterns
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