Questionnaires

Question 1

8 things to avoid when designing a questionnaire

Answer 1

Jargon
Loaded questions
Leading questions
Ambiguity
Double barrelled questions
Complex questions
Impossible questions
Negatives

Question 2

Questionnaire

Answer 2

Set of written questions used to assess a persons thoughts and/or experience

Question 3

open questions

Answer 3

those that do not have a fixed answer and produce qualitative data

Question 4

closed questions

Answer 4

those that have a fixed range of questions and produce either quantittive data or qualitative data that can be converted to quantitative data

Question 5

leading question

Answer 5

that which ecourages a specific answer

Question 6

loaded question

Answer 6

that which contains emotive language that can encourage specific answers

Question 7

6 strength of questionnaies

Answer 7

1. cost effective
2. can gather much data quickly
3. can be completed without researcher present
4. data produced is usually straighforward to analyse, especially if closed questions used
5. statistical analysis easier, especially if closed questions
6. comparisons b/w groups of people can be made using graphs and acharts

Question 8

2 weaknesses of questionnaires

Answer 8

1. responses may not always be truthful - may present self more positively (social desirability) or under/over-estimate answer
2. response bias common - tend to similar answers, such as alwayas ticking yes

Question 9

what is aquiescence bias?

Answer 9

always agreeing with the researcher