Chapter 11 Flashcards
Which one of these is a self-administered questionnaire?
Postal questionnaire.
Which one of these is an interviewer-administrated questionnaire?
Telephone questionnaire.
In situations where not all respondents are sufficiently informed to answer a question:
Filter questions should be used.
What is a mistake that researchers who write questionnaires should avoid?
Writing questions respondents do not understand.
An advantage of open-ended questions is that:
Respondents can express themselves freely.
Respondents tend to answer with the first statement in a list. This is called:
Position bias
Examples of ambiguous words include:
All of the above.
What is the advantage of open-ended questions?
Can explore new areas.
Indirect questions are of great use for investigating:
Sensitive topics.
Identify what type of question the following is. Did you use the library yesterday?
A direct question.
“Do you think asbestos should be banned from the workplace because it causes cancer as demonstrated by the medical profession?” is an example of:
A leading question.
It is sensible to send a return envelope with:
Postal questionnaires.
What is this? Good [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Bad.
A semantic differential scale.
Different factors affect the outcome of research. In a study using a self-completion questionnaire, which of these would probably NOT affect the outcome?
Interviewer training.
Different factors affect the outcome of research. In a study using a telephone questionnaire, which of these would probably NOT affect the outcome?
Paper colour.
