interviews

Question 1

what is a self-report?

Answer 1

where someone answers questions about themselves,their opinions

Question 2

what is another name for an interview when given to many people?

Answer 2

a survey

Question 3

what are 3 types of interviews?

Answer 3

structured,unstructured,semi-structured

Question 4

what is a structured interview?

Answer 4

everyone has set questions, done in a set order and cannot be changed

Question 5

what is an unstructured interview?

Answer 5

no real set questions
questions can be altered as needed
flexible and changed to the needs

Question 6

what is a semi-structured interview?

Answer 6

a mid-way between unstructured and structured

there are set questions

Question 7

STRENGTHS of general interviews

Answer 7

-closed questions give quantitative data-easy to analyse using statystical testing

Question 8

WEAKNESSES of general interviews

Answer 8

• time consuming to administer
• interviewer has to be trained
• open questions-qualitative data- difficult to analyse and interpretations can be biased
• ppts can be influenced by social desirability

Question 9

STRENGTHS of structured interviews

Answer 9

• same questions easy to repeat
• same questions-easier to compare/analyse
• often use closed questions-quantitative data-easy to analyse
• easy to conduct-don’t need alot of training

Question 10

WEAKNESSES of structured interviews

Answer 10

• can’t change questions to follow up on-results less indepth
• ppts influenced by social desirability

Question 11

STRENGTHS of unstructured interviews

Answer 11

• can change questions to follow up on talking points-more indepth answers
• can use open questions-qualitative data-detailed

Question 12

WEAKNESSES of unstructured interviews

Answer 12

• everyone gets different questions-hard to repeat
• everyone gets different questions-harder to compare/analyse
• open questions=qualitative data-harder to analyse
• hard to conduct-take alot of training