kysymysryhmissä

Kysymysryhmissä is a Finnish term formed from kysymysryhmä (group of questions) and the inessive plural ending -issä, meaning “in groups of questions.” The phrase is used in Finnish to describe how questionnaire or test items are organized into clusters, blocks, or modules. It is common in research contexts such as survey methodology, educational assessment, and psychometrics, where items are deliberately grouped by topic, construct, or measurement domain.

In practice, kysymysryhmissä refers to the structural arrangement of a questionnaire. By dividing items into thematical or functional groups, designers aim to create coherent sections, facilitate respondent navigation, and enable targeted analysis. Each group can be treated as a subscale or subtest, and researchers may report results for the groups separately or compute aggregate scores across items within a group.

Grouping items often aligns with theoretical constructs, such as demographic questions in one group and attitude or behavior questions in another. It also supports reliability assessment, for example by evaluating internal consistency (such as Cronbach’s alpha) within each kysymysryhmä. However, grouping can introduce challenges, including potential biases from content overlap between groups, differences in item difficulty across groups, or measurement invariance concerns across populations. Pilot testing and careful validation are typically recommended to ensure that each group functions as intended within the instrument.

See also: kysely, kysymyslohko, moduuli, mittari, skaalat, validiteetti.