The Savvy Survey #6a: General Guidelines for Writing Questionnaire Items

This document is AEC396, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2014. Revised August 2017 and December 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

Jessica L. O'Leary, former doctoral candidate; and Glenn D. Israel, professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611. The authors wish to thank Alexa Lamm, Joy Rumble, Marilyn Smith, and Pam Sigler for their helpful suggestions on an earlier draft.