questionnaires

Question 1

Practical considerations of questionnaires

Answer 1

efficient but expensive
collects large amounts of data
unsure whether the person received the questionnaire or the right person filled it out

Question 2

Ethical considerations of questionnaires

Answer 2

participants are not usually required to fill in questions that they find uncomfortable
Does not require deception
The researcher should guarantee anonymity

Question 3

Michael Rutter

Answer 3

used questionnaires to collect large amounts of data from 12 inner city london secondary schools
able to correlate achievement, attendance and behaviour with variables such as school size, class size and number of staff

Question 4

Positivist view of questionnaires

Answer 4

Positivists favour questionnaires as they are reliable and generalisable

Question 5

Interpretivist view of questionnaires

Answer 5

reject questionnaires as they are not valid (if they are closed ended questions) and do not supply the researcher with explanations.

Question 6

GOPERVERT qualities of questionnaires

Answer 6

Generalisable
Representative
Ethical
Reliable