This is a very sharp analysis of survey design! You have correctly identified the "Double-Barreled" and "Leading" flaws in the poor example. By focusing on "Lexical ...
This is a very sharp analysis of survey design! You have correctly identified the "Double-Barreled" and "Leading" flaws in the poor example. By focusing on "Lexical Diversity" in the first question, you are aligning your survey perfectly with your research aim of measuring "writing quality."
Here are a specific suggestion to further improve these for your final thesis:
Refine the Scale Labels
For your well-written question, ensure that your Likert scale is balanced.
Suggestion: Instead of just "1 to 5," always clearly define the midpoint.
Example: (1) Strongly Disagree, (2) Disagree, (3) Neutral, (4) Agree, (5) Strongly Agree. This prevents "forced choice" and gives you more honest data for your quantitative analysis.
Here are a specific suggestion to further improve these for your final thesis:
Refine the Scale Labels
For your well-written question, ensure that your Likert scale is balanced.
Suggestion: Instead of just "1 to 5," always clearly define the midpoint.
Example: (1) Strongly Disagree, (2) Disagree, (3) Neutral, (4) Agree, (5) Strongly Agree. This prevents "forced choice" and gives you more honest data for your quantitative analysis.