Of the list below, we would particularly recommend Chapter 24 (in conjunction with Chapters 17 and 18) of Cohen, Manion and Morrison (2018).
Questionnaire design
Artino Jr, A.R., La Rochelle, J. S., Dezee, K. J. & Gehlbach, H. (2014). Developing questionnaires for educational research: AMEE Guide No. 87. Medical Teacher, 36(6), pp. 463-474.
Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2018) Questionnaires. In: Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (eds), Research Methods in Education. 8th edition. Abingdon, Routledge, pp. 471-505.
Video resources by Graham Gibbs, University of Huddersfield
surveys
Measuring quality in higher education research
Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2018) Internet surveys. In: Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (eds), Research Methods in Education. 8th edition. Abingdon, Routledge, pp. 361-374.
Qualtrics – Internet survey tool available to Imperial staff
developing validated scales
Bandura, A. (2006). Guide for constructing self-efficacy scales. In F. Pajares & T. Urdan (Eds.). Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Adolescents. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 307-337.
Chen, G., Gully, S. M. & Eden, D. (2001). Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale. Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 62-83.
Tapal, A., Oren, E., Dar, R. & Eitam, B. (2017). The Sense of Agency Scale: A Measure of Consciously Perceived Control over One's Mind, Body, and the Immediate Environment. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 8, 1552.
Further reading
Lambert, N. (2012). Ban happy sheets! – Understanding and using evaluation. Nurse Education Today, 32(1), pp. 1-4.
Guidance for developing questionnaires using self-efficacy scales [pdf]