Questionnaires Flashcards
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What is a questionnaire?
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A series of questions designed to gather information about a certain topic that provides data
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What are 3 strengths of questionnaires?
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- Finds out what people think and feel
- Data can be easily collected from large numbers of people relatively quickly
- Respondents may be more willing to reveal information than in an interview as no researcher present
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What are 2 weaknesses of questionnaires?
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- Open to social desirability bias as respondents may want to look god to the researcher so therefore low validity
- The sample may be biased as only certain types of people may fill out questionnaires
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What types of questions are asked in questionnaires?
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- Open
- Closed
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What is an open question?
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A question that has no set answer and is open to many responses that produces qualitative data
e.g What is the meaning of life?
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What are 2 strengths of open questions?
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What are 2 weaknesses of open questions?
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What is a closed question?
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A question that has a predetermined answer that produces quantitative data
e.g What is 2 + 2?
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What are 2 strengths of closed questions?
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What are 2 weaknesses of closed questions
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