questionnaire ( research methods )

Question 1

what is a questionnaire

Answer 1

a researcher asking questions to the respondents via face to face or postal or online

Question 2

what are strengths of questionnaires

Answer 2

quick and cheap
data is easy to quantify and can be easily processed by computers
with online or postal , no influence on respondents answers
- allows comparisons

Question 3

what are limitations of questionnaires

Answer 3

low response rate
narrow and give info about a smaller picture
respondents may not be truthful
although they’re cheap , incentives may be given

Question 4

what was shere hites’ study

Answer 4

study of love passion and emotional violence - women in toxic relationships .
Sent out 100,000 questionnaires but only 4.5% were returned

Question 5

what’s the census

Answer 5

questionnaire that goes out every 10 years to every household to help gather information

Question 6

what was sullivan study

Answer 6

used questionnaires to conduct a survey of 465 pupils in 4 schools .
assessed their culture capital :
- those who read complex fiction and watched Tv documentaries developed a greater culture knowledge , greater cultural capital
- More likely to be middle class
- Greater resources and aspirations of middle class families explain remainder of class gap in achievement