questionairres and interviews

Question 1

benefits of questionnaires

Answer 1

• easy to administer
• can cross geographical borders
  -easy to recruit
• easily repeated
• no influence due to researcher not being present
• highly generalisable
• gain informed consent

Question 2

disadvantages of questionnaires

Answer 2

• can be limited
• may have to spend money on paying respondents
• few may bother to complete
• researcher must stick with the questions
• snapshots, moment in time based on circumstances of pps
• fail to understand deeper meanings
• ups may lie

Question 3

list the different types of interviews

Answer 3

• structured
  -unstructured
  -semi structures
• group interviews (focus groups)

Question 4

benefits of interviews

Answer 4

• no training required
  can reach large numbers
  if close ended then easily quantifiable
  generalisable
  higher response rate due to face to face
  standardised and contrtoilled
  easy to replicate
  high validity due to face to face

Question 5

disadvantages of interviews

Answer 5

• costly
• takes time to conduct
• only particular types of people may respond e.g. unemployed
• may give inaccurate answers]- social desirability
  questions may not be useful
  must stick to the questions
  snapshot
  fails to understand deeper meaning if closed