advantages of questionnaires

Question 1

practical

Answer 1

quick and cheap, dont need to train, large quant of data, spread about, easy to quantify

Question 2

who see it as reliable method?

Answer 2

positivist

Question 3

why do positivist see it as a reliable method?

Answer 3

because set list of questions, and restrict choice of possible answers - easily replicated

Question 4

what can be done by asking the same questions?

Answer 4

compare the resuslts obtaiened by different groups of people

Question 5

there is no researcher present which means…

Answer 5

they dont infleucen the answers

Question 6

what hypotheses are they useful for testing?

Answer 6

cause and effect relationships between different variables

Question 7

why is no personal contact good?

Answer 7

maintain detachment and objectivity

Question 8

why do they have increased chance of having a representative sample?

Answer 8

because they can collect info from large numbers of people

Question 9

is there many ethical issues?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

why is there not many ethical issues?

Answer 10

respondents dont havre to answer