Can you please help me by answering a questionnaire?

Hi everyone!

My name is Joana and I'm currently doing a Master in Marketing in Portugal. I'm undertaking research for my master thesis on the perceptions held by foreigners on the image of Portugal and products produced in the country. The objective of the research is to evaluate the image of Portugal abroad, whether it is positive or negative, and to understand if that image has any influence on the evaluation of products produced in the Portugal. To reach the purpose of the thesis, I kindly ask you to answer a small questionnaire I designed which will only take about 5 minutes to answer and will help me a lot. I'd be very grateful if you could help.

Here is the link to the questionnaire: The perception about the image of Portugal abroad and the Portuguese footwear industry

Thanks in advance for your help :biggrin:

 

Done, good luck.

 

Done! Best of luck with your research!

 

Joana,

That was a good questionnaire! Completed!

 

Done. All the Best.

 

Done. Best of luck!

 

Done......

 

Completed. Best of luck to you.

 

I completed the questionnaire, but the system forced me to guess at least one answer to the question, "Which of the following brands of footwear have Portuguese origin? (Check any that apply)"

Originally, I didn't select any of the brands because I have no idea which ones, if any, are made in Portugal. By forcing respondents to provide at least one response may skew your results because some people may have preferred to answer "none" or "I don't know." Neither option was available on the survey.

This could be construed as a validity error in the survey instrument. It may be too late to correct it now, since I assume this is your actual research and not a test; but, you could still mention it in your paper in the section where you discuss the limitations of your study.

 

I took that question to be a quiz to test people to see if they knew which brands are of Portuguese origin.

 

I did too. My point is that if you don't know which brand is of Portuguese origin or if you (erroneously) believed that none of the brands were of Portuguese origin, the survey doesn't provide options for either of those possible answers. Respondents to this survey must chose at least one of the brands listed. People taking the survey are now forced to answer in a way they wouldn't otherwise answer. In this case, I randomly selected one of the options because I didn't know which brand was of Portuguese origin. My accurate response, "I don't know," wasn't allowed.

This is a validity error related to how the survey instrument was created. A decent explanation of validity errors can be found here: http://cynthiacudaback.org/Education/Results/ValidationSCST.pdf

 

I obviously didn't design the survey, and therefore have no idea what type of data the OP is collecting, but I thought about the possibility that there might be some erroneous stereotypes as to what companies that people believe are Portuguese, and the OP was looking to highlight/debunk those.

In any case, considering my school e-mail Inbox is always full of research project surveys, and I try to complete all that I qualify for, that certainly wasn't the first survey question that left me scratching my head.

 

I cheated...

I had the same problem. I guessed (correctly, as it turned out) that Pablo Fuster might have been Portuguese in origin - although "Pablo" is Spanish. "Paulo" would have been more what I expected. Then I quickly Wiki'd and Googled 'em all to make sure I hadn't overlooked possible Portuguese connections with the others - then posted my answer.

I don't like to get tests wrong if I can help it.

Johann

PS. Never purchased Portuguese shoes, that I remember. I would, though... Closest I ever came was a Brazilian pair - real low heels, sold as "Driving Shoes." Great for "Carlos Reutermann" right turns!