مجلة النص
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 451-469
2024-07-01

Questionnaires Respondents’ Data Falsification Case Of Third-year Students Of English At Batna2 University

Authors : Hedroug Souad Sara .

Abstract

Many factors may stand as impediments against the progression of any scientific research. As surveys tend to represent a large portion of researches, success and advancement of researches are highly conditioned by the questionnaires’ validity and reliability. This paper investigates the extent to which research respondents are likely to be candid and truthful in reporting their answers, and the causes that impede them from so being. It also suggests recommendations for researchers to increase chances for obtaining more trustworthy data. The results obtained confirm the hypothesis putting forward respondents do not always give true answers in surveys and questionnaires, do not always respond honestly and seriously, and that inattention, lack of motivation and interest, communication language barriers, less cognitive abilities; are factors bringing about this phenomenon.

Keywords

Research Questionnaires/Surveys ; Research Respondents ‘Inattention and Untruthfulness ; Inaccurate/Wrong Data ; Batna 2 University Students of English