Research Methods 2

Question 1

Questionaire

Answer 1

A set of standard questions about a topic that is given to all the participants in the survey

Question 2

Interview

Answer 2

A method in which a researcher collects date by asking questions directly

Question 3

Closed question

Answer 3

A question where the possible responses are fixed often as yes or no

Question 4

Open question

Answer 4

A question where the person answering can give you any response they lik

Question 5

Structured interview

Answer 5

An interview where all the questions are pre set, given in a fixed order and ever interviewee is asked the same questions

Question 6

Natural observation

Answer 6

Watching the behaviour of people who are in their usual environment

Question 7

Categories of behaviour

Answer 7

The separate actions that are recorded as examples of the target behaviour

Question 8

Inter- observer reliability

Answer 8

Wen this is high the records made by more than one observer in a study are considered to be accurate because they match or are very similar to each other

Question 9

Negative correlation

Answer 9

A relationship between two variables in which as the value of one variable increases the other decreases