Questionnaires - done

Question 1

Advantages of questionnaires

Answer 1

practical advantages
reliability
detachment and objectivity
ethical issues
representativeness

Question 2

disadvantages of questionnaires

Answer 2

practical problems
low response rate
detachment
lying, forgetting and right answerism

Question 3

practical advantages of questionnaires

Answer 3

quick and cheap way of getting large data
no need for recruiting and training
data is easy to quantify

Question 4

reliability of questionnaires

Answer 4

identical questionnaires are used and no researcher can influence questions - research is reliable as other researchers can repeat and will come out with the same results

Question 5

detachment and objectivity of questionnaires

Answer 5

researcher bias is not involved as they do not influence the answerer of the questionnaire

Question 6

ethical issues of questionnaires

Answer 6

people are under no obligation to answer, informed consent should be provided in addition to anonymity

Question 7

practical problems of questionnaires

Answer 7

• data collected is limited due to it being brief questions as long questions are unlikely to get results
• incentives may be required to encourage people to answer
• has the respondent received the questionnaire, was it completed by the intended person

Question 8

detatchment isssue of questionnaires

Answer 8

lacks validity and doesn’t paint a clear picture - there is no way to show that the responder and researcher interpret the questions in the same way as they are not face to face

Question 9

lying, forgetting or right answerism

Answer 9

relies on the respondent’s willingness to accurately and truthfully answer questions - they may try to please the researcher - not truly answered as a result