Questionares

Question 1

What is a self report technique?

Answer 1

Any method in which a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, opinion, behaviors etc. related to a given topic

Question 2

What is a Questionnaire?

Answer 2

A type of self report technique with a set of written questions used to assess a person’s thoughts and experiences

Question 3

What are Open Questions?

Answer 3

Questions where there is no fixed choice of response to an answer from

Question 4

What are Closed Questions?

Answer 4

Questions where there is a fixed choice of response to an answer like Yes or No or using a scale

Question 5

What is Acquiescence Bias?

Answer 5

The tendency to agree with items on a questionnaire regardless of the content of the question

Question 6

What is Social Desirability Bias?

Answer 6

A tendency for respondents to lie in order to present themselves in a better light

Question 7

What may a Questionnaire be used to asses?

Answer 7

The DV

Question 8

What type of data do Close Questions provide?

Answer 8

Quantitative Data

Question 9

What type of data do Open Questions provide?

Answer 9

Qualitative Data

Question 10

What is a pro and a con of an Open Question?

Answer 10

Pro: Rich in detail and in-depth with a wide range of responses
Con: Difficult to analyse and to interpret

Question 11

What is a pro and a con off Closed Questions?

Answer 11

Pro: Easy to analyse - numerical data
Con: Lacks depth and detail

Question 12

What are the three scales for a Closed Question?

Answer 12

• A Likert scale
• A rating Scale
• A Fixed choice

Question 13

What is a Likert scale?

Answer 13

Respondent indicates their agreement with a statement using a scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree

Question 14

What is a Rating scale?

Answer 14

Gets respondents to identify a value that represents their strength of feeling about a topic

Question 15

What is a fixed choice option?

Answer 15

Includes a list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate those which apply to them

Question 16

What are the three common errors in question design?

Answer 16

• Overuse of Jargon
• Emotive Language and leading questions
• Double barreled questions and Double Negatives

Question 17

What is Overuse of Jargon?

Answer 17

Jargon refers to technical terms that are only familiar to those within a specialised field of area

Question 18

What is Emotive Language and leading questions?

Answer 18

The author’s attitudes toward a topic can sometimes be apparent through the way the question i phrased - It guides the respondent toward a desired answer

Question 19

What are Double Barreled and Double Negative questions?

Answer 19

Contains two questions in one, the issue is that the respondent may agree with one half of the question but not the other half. Double Negative example - “Was the room not untidy?”

Question 19

What is a two pros and two cons for Questionaries?

Answer 19

Pro: Reduces the effort involved as the researcher does not have to be present
Con: Can’t look for bias or lies if the researcher is not present