Research Methods : Self Report Techniques

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what are the self report techniques

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questionnaires

interviews

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questionnaire

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preset list of questions/items a pt responds to

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questionnaires used to assess

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thoughts

feelings

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what can a questionnaire consist of

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questions to find out something

list of items designed to asses something

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questionnaire may be used as part of an experiment to assess what

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dependent variable

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What are the differnet styles of a questionnaire

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open ended q

closed qs

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What is an open q

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doesn’t have a fixed range of answers

repsondents free to answer however they like

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what type of data do open ended q create

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qualitative

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+ve /-ve of qualitative data

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wide range of different repsonses

difficult to quantify and analyse

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what is a closed q

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offers a fixed number of repsonses

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give ways closed q can be asked

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rate how you felt sclae of 1-10 (qualitative)

did you feel more - restrict to y/n (quantitative)

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+ve and -ve of quantitative data

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easy to analyse

lacked depth and detail we get with open qiestions

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what’s key about closed q that produce qualitative data

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can be turned into quantitative data

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give an example of changing qualittative data to quantitiative

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count number of y/n

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3 types of interviews

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structured
unstructured
semi structured

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interview

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live encounter whre one person asks anotehr questions to assess others thoughts/experiences

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What is a structured interview

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predetrmined set qs asked in a fixed order

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strcutured interview is like a * but

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questionnaire but conducted in real time

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what happens in structured interview

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interviewer asks q and waits for response

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unstructured interview works like a

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conversation

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describe an unstructred interview

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• no set q
• general aim topic will be discussed
• interaction tends to be free flowing

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in an unstructured interview interviewee is encourgaed to

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expand and elaborate on answers as promtted by teh interviewer

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many interviews are

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semi structured interviews

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what is a semi structured interview

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list of qs that have been worked out in advance

but interviwers free to ask follow up questions based on previous answers

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strenght of questionnaires

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cost effective

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explain how q are cost effective

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gather large data quickly and can be distributed to large number of people

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why is large number of people important

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determines volume of data collected

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another advantage of a questionnaire

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can be completed without researcher being present e.g postal so this reduces the effort involved and saves time

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data in questionnaires usualyy straightforawd to

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analyse

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data in q usually straightforward to analsye especially in the case where

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uses manily fixed choice q

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what does data lends itself to in questionaires

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statistical analysis

comparisons between groups of people can be made using graphs and charts

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-ve of q

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response not always truthful

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exaplin why response not always truthful

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respondents mwant to present themselves in a good light and this influences their answer

e.g how much time do you spenf on your phone people will undererstimat e

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another -ve og q

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response bias

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explain response bias as a -ve of q

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tend to reply in a similar way e.g always ticking yes

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why might there be reponse bias

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complete q too quick and fail to read q properly

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a particular form of response bias is

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acquiescence bias

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what is acquiescene bias

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tendency to agree with items on a q regardless of content of the q

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explain advantage of a structured interview

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like q straightforward to replicate due tot ehri standardised format

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standardised formati in interviews and q also

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reduces differences between interviewers

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-ve of structured interview

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impossible interviewers to deviate from topic / explain their questions

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explian how its negative for imporrsonle inters to deviate /explainq

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limits richness of data collected and as well as limit unexpected info

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+Ve of unstructured interview

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more flexibility

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+ve of more flexibility

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can follow up points when they come up and much more likely to gain insight into worldwide view of interviewwee
including getting unexpected info

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counter point of more flexibility in unstructured interview

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interviewer bias

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-ve of unstructured interview

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analysing data not straightforward

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explain the analysing dta not straight forward

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researcher has to sift through irrelevant info

drawing firm conclusions may be difficult

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another -ve of unstructured interviews

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interviewees may lie for social desirability

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how can you reduce affect in unstructure interview for interviewees lying for social desirability

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skilled experienced interview establish good rapport so perosn feels comfortable when answering sensititve topic therfore more truthful