Research Methods : Questionaires

Question 1

What is a questionnaire a type of ?

Answer 1

A self report technique

Question 2

What is a self report technique ?

Answer 2

Any method in which a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, opinions , behaviours and or experiences

Question 3

What is a questionnaire?

Answer 3

A set of written questions used to assess a persons thoughts and or experiences. The participants writes their response to the questions. Used to asses dependent variable

Question 4

What is an open questions ?

Answer 4

When there is no fixed choice of response. Respondents can answer in any way they wish - qualities date produced
Hard to analyse

Question 5

What is a closed question ?

Answer 5

Fixed set of response that is determined by the person who sets the questions.
Quantitive data - numerical data
Easy to analyse and display results
Lack of depth

Question 6

An example of a closed question

Answer 6

Rating or yes or no question

Question 7

How many types of rating scale with closed scales

Answer 7

3 types

Question 8

What is a likert scale

Answer 8

Scale of usually 5 points

Scale ranges from strongly agree to strongly disagree and with neutral agree and disagree in the middle

Question 9

What is a rating scale

Answer 9

Gets respondents to identify a value that represents their strength and feeling about a topic
1) very entertaining 2) not at all entertaining

Question 10

What is a fixed choice option

Answer 10

A list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate what apples to them

Question 11

What are the three types of common errors

Answer 11

Jargon
Emotive language
Double barrelled
Double negatives

Question 12

What is jargon?

Answer 12

Technical terms that are only familiar to those within that specialised field

Question 13

Why should emotive language not be used

Answer 13

The authors attitude tow the topic can sometimes be made clear when emotive language is being used. More neutral terms should be used instead

Question 14

Why should a leading question not be used ?

Answer 14

Because it might guide the respondent towards a particular answer

Question 15

What is an example of leading question ?

Answer 15

When did you last drive over the speed limit - assumes that the person being questioned has broken speed limit

Question 16

What is a double barrelled question ?

Answer 16

Two questions in one and the problem is that the respondent might agree to one part and not the other

Question 17

Strengths of questionnaires

Answer 17

Cost effective
Large amounts of data quickly
Completed without researcher present
Straight forward to analyse can lead to statistical analysis and comparison made using graphs

Question 18

What are some limitations of questionnaires ?

Answer 18

Responses may not always be truthful
Respondents may be keen to present them in a positive light and this may influence their answers.
Social desibirality bias
Response bias - respondents reply in similar way
Because they might Of been filling it out quickly and didn’t read questions properly

Question 19

What is aquiscence emoji ?

Answer 19

Tendency to agree with items on a questionnaire regardless of the content of the question