‘Sensitive information’ is defined in the Privacy Act to mean information or an opinion about an individual’s:

•racial or ethnic origin;
•political opinions;
•membership of a political association;
•religious beliefs or affiliations;
•philosophical beliefs;
•membership of a professional or trade association;
•membership of a trade union;
•sexual preferences or practices; or
•criminal record.

Sensitive information’ also includes health information and genetic information about an individual that is not otherwise health information.
Questionnaire basics

•A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions for the purpose of gathering information from respondents.

•What do you want to measure?
1.Descriptive research: How happy are students at Harvard?
2.Explanatory: Do students work harder if they’re happy?

•What do you want to measure?

Opinion, Attribute, Behaviour

Questions (Example):

In your questionnaire:
•Make sure you have a good balance of Open Closed questions
•Questions have to be relevant to your research question
•Use variety of questions with different scales (i e Yes/No, Ranking 1 to 5 Tick the relevant boxes