Questionnaires Flashcards

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What is a Questionnaire?

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A list of written questions that is completed by the respondent.

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What are close-ended questions?

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The researcher providing a suitable list of responses such as yes/no in order to produce quantitative data.

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An example of a Questionnaire:

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Bowles and Gintis studied 237 NY highschool students through a questionnaire, comparing their personality traits with their grades. They found a correlation between docility, obedience and high scores at school. Quantitative, 1-10 scale.

OR the Census.

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What are open-ended questions?

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A question where the researcher doesn’t’ provide the respondent with a set answer from which to choose, answering instead “in their own words.” This produces qualitative data.

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Advantages of Questionnaires:

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  • Quick to create, not time-consuming.
  • Easy for participants to withdraw.
  • Not intrusive, can use socially sensitive topics.
  • No deception.
  • Cheap.
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Disadvantages of Questionnaires:

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  • Researcher may ask leading questions and impose their own views onto participant.
  • Only a high response rate if an incentive is given, often a low response rate.
  • People may give socially desirable answers.
  • Inflexible.
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