questionnaires

Question 1

what are questionnaires?

Answer 1

• quantative method
• list of questions, clear and straightforward and mean same thing to everyone who answers them

Question 2

requirements of questionnaires?

Answer 2

• avoid oversimplification
• avoid leading questions
• be specific
• keep language simple
• avoid emotive language
• keep it short

Question 3

advantages of questionnaires

Answer 3

• data more rep- large scale= gen
• reliable- same questions
• practical
• objective- no interview bias
• ethical- choose to do it
• data easy to quantify

Question 4

questionnaires disadvantages

Answer 4

• poor response rate especially postal
• certain type of people respond- lacks validity, cannot generalise
• misinterpret questions
• no way of checking truth- lacks validity
• needs to be brief so complete but means it lacks depth- no versthen