Methods in context questionnaires

Question 1

Practical

Positives

Answer 1

Quick and cheap way of collecting large amounts of data
Easy to quantify, closed-ended questions, easy to find patterns
Comparisons can be made

Question 2

Practical

Negatives

Answer 2

Limited information gained

Inflexibility, once questionnaire finalised researcher is stuck with q’s

Question 3

Ethics

Answer 3

Pose very few ethical problems compared to other research methods
Researchers should gain informed consent, confidentiality and guarantee anonymity
Respondents are under no obligation to complete

Question 4

Positivists

Answer 4

Favoured by positivists
Achieve main goal of reliability
Produce quantitative data due to pre-coded questions
Can identify and measure behaviour patterns
On an ethical level they’re more appropriate

Question 5

Interpretivists

Answer 5

Lack validity
Difficult to produce in depth data
Doesn’t produce a true or genuine picture