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subject matter experts. It is a good practice to

carefully review the existing study instruments or

questionnaires because it can be very helpful for a

researcher to first explore how the past researchers

had perceived the scope and background content

of the subject matter and the approach adopted by

past researchers for designing the questionnaire.

The overall goal is to better understand the scope

of the subject matter so that the questionnaire that

is awaiting development will be at least of equal or

even higher standard (i.e. add value) than the

existing questionnaires.