Questionnaire And Interviews

Question 0

What are 4 strengths of questionnaire?

Answer 0

You can collect the same information for a large number of people
Access what people think- ask people directly
Easily repeated
Participants are more willing to give out personal information

Question 1

What is a questionnaire?

Answer 1

A set of questions that is designed to collect information about a topic

Question 2

When writing questions, what are 3 things to look out for?

Think of specific questions not the questionnaire as a whole

Answer 2

Clarity
Bias
Analysis

Question 3

When writing questionnaires, what 4 things are there to consider?

Think About the questionnaire as a whole

Answer 3

Filler questions
Sequence of questions
Sampling technique
Pilot study

Question 4

What are filler questions?

Answer 4

Irreverent questions included to distract the respondent

Question 5

Why is it important to consider sequence of questions during a questionnaire?

Answer 5

It is best to start with easy ones and leave questions that might make them feel anxious until the end

Question 6

What is a pilot study?

Answer 6

The questions can be tested in a small group of people, this means the questions can be changed due to the feedback the pilot study gives you

Question 7

What are closed questions?

Answer 7

Questions which have specific answers, yes or no, answers are easier to analyse

Question 8

What is an interview?

Answer 8

A research method or technique that involves a face-to-face interaction with another individual and results in the collection of data

Question 9

What is an open question?

Answer 9

Questions that invite the respondents to provide their own answers rather than select one of those provided

Question 10

What is a structures interview?

Answer 10

Any interview in which the questions are decided in advance

Question 11

What is an unstructured interview?

Answer 11

The interview starts out with some general aim and possibly some questions and let’s the interviewees answers guide subsequent answers

Question 12

What is a semi-structured approach towards questionnaire?

Answer 12

Combines both structured and unstructured interviews, starts with pre determined questions but further questions are developed as a response to the answer

Question 13

What is the semi structured interview also called?

Answer 13

Clinical interview

Question 14

What are some limitations of questionnaires? 2

Answer 14

Answers may not be truthful because of leading questions and social desirability bias

The sample may be biased because only certain kinds of people fill in them-e.g. People that are willing to spend the time on them

Question 15

What are 3 strengths of structured interviews?

Answer 15

Easily repeated
Requires less interviewing skill
More easy to analyse because answers are more predictable

Question 16

What are 2 limitations of structured interviews?

Answer 16

The interviewers expectations may influence the answers the interviewee gives INTERVIEWER BIAS

Reliability may be affected by the same interviewer behaving differently on different occasions or different interviewers asking different questions

Question 17

What are 2 strengths of unstructured interviews?

Answer 17

More detailed information can be obtained from each respondent

Can access information that may not be revealed by predetermined questions

Question 18

What are 2 limitations of unstructured interviews?

Answer 18

Affected by interviewer bias as the interviewer is developing new questions on the go which might be less objective

More expensive as it requires well trained interviewers

Question 19

What is 2 ways to overcome participants guessing the aim of your study in a questionnaire?

Answer 19

Use filler questions

The interviewee avoiding getting anxious

Question 20

How would you know if your questionnaire is going to work? 1

Answer 20

Use a pilot study

Question 21

What ethical issues are there with questionnaires? 2

Answer 21

Confidentiality

Asking questions too personal