RM- Structured interviews Flashcards
Practical
Straightforward + Inexpensive
No training cost due to closed QS
Efficiency linked to representitiveness + Large scale
Y+W- 95% response rate
Impractical
Issues with speech codes
Unrepresentativeness
Data is limited + superficial
No follow up Qs asked
Cannot generalise due to durface level data +
Ethical
Consent easily gained
Under no obligation
Unethical
Right answerism
Promotes researchers rape
Unsuitable for sensitive issues due to no reassurance
Shipmann- straightjacket
Positivist
Data easily quanitifiable
Suitable for hypo test, operationalise through closed Qs
Highly reliable through precodded questions
Interpretivists
Social desirability effect
Impact on validity
No verstain, rapport
Only provides correlations not meanings
Circourel- connection leads to objective response
Intro
SI- investigation of a group of people using a set list of Qs
Tend to not allow for explanations, limite data
Favoured by positivists to ensure main aims of representativeness and reliability are achieved