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Access All Areas: A Report on Access to Social, Cultural and Leisure Opportunities for Young Deaf People, Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society
Download the pdf:
http://www.youthinclusion.org/Pdfstore/PFR_EEDS.pdf
Amongst other methods, this study used two questionnaires: a detailed one for deaf children, and a briefer one for service providers. These are reproduced in full in the appendices, and their design and use is described in the methodology section of the report.

Hungry for Success. A Whole School Approach To School Meals In Scotland
Download the pdf:
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/docs/policy/consult/Hungry_for_Success.pdf
A report on a web questionnaire used to consult over six hundred children on the subject of school meals. In particular, look at the appendix, which contains the full questionnaire.

International and Internet Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Research Materials
http://www.hud.ac.uk/hhs/research/acs/staff/bg.htm
This biog of Bernard Gallagher on the University of Hudderfield site contains links to resources for one of his current projects: two questionnaires and guidance notes for their completion. Look also at the research summary, which details the background and methodology. Note that this is a study about children, but which does not engage with them directly. What do you think of the methodology? Could it be changed to consult the children involved, or would this be unethical in the context?

Youth Values Questionnaire
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http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/families/workingpapers/APPENDIX1respectquest2a.pdf
A questionnaire given to young people in a study on their values. The format and the wording of the questions have been designed to appeal to, and be understandable by, young people.

MORI sample design
http://www.mori.com/omnibus/design.shtml
This page shows how a major polling and market research company attempts to select representative samples.

Finding Out About Bullying
http://www.scre.ac.uk/spotlight/spotlight43.html
This report sets out some of the research methods which teachers can use to find out about bullying. In particular, it explores the use of confidential questionnaires, and discusses some of their problems.

Stats: definitions of important terms
http://www.childrens-mercy.org/stats/definitions.asp
There are plenty of sites which explain statistical concepts, but most of them will probably confuse you further. However, this page is both comprehensive and comprehensible, should you require assistance with the dreaded stats. Its location on the server of a US children's health care organisation is purely coincidental.