Self-Report

Question 1

self-report

Answer 1

• a direct way of gathering data, it onvolves directly asking participants their opinon
• can be done via questionaires or interviews
• most valid way of assesing a participant thoughts, feeling and beliefs

Question 2

interviews

Answer 2

involves direct verbal questioning by the researcher and vary in terms of how structured the questions are

Question 3

questionaires

Answer 3

• written method of gathering data
• dont necessarily require a researcher to be present
• those who answer questionaire are the repsondents

Question 4

open questions

Answer 4

• dont suggest possible answers, leaves respondent to consider their own answer
• advantage: responses are more valid and meaningfull and is rich data
• disadvantage: different answerr make them difficult to compare and analyse

Question 5

closed questions

Answer 5

• form of fixed choice questions where the respondent is asked to select an answer from two or more choices
• advantage: easy to answer and score
• disadvantage: have limited range of answers (yes/no), lack meaningful data

Question 6

types of questions: attitude/rating scales

Answer 6

• some questionaires use this to collect data instead of open/closed questions
• a statement is used to which the respondent has to agree/disagree to some extent

Question 7

likert scales

Answer 7

• used to attitude scales
• use a statement
• advantages: easy to swap positive to negative statements, quantatative data, reliable measure
• disadvantages: can be repetituous, particiapnts may show social desireability, lack is depth and detail

Question 8

semantic differential

Answer 8

• use polar opposites at each end and particiapnts are required to mark where they fall on the given catagroy

Question 9

social desirability

Answer 9

a type of response bias that is the tendency of survey respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favourably by others

Question 10

test-relest

Answer 10

the consistency of a measurement when applied multiple times to the same individual, indicating the stability of the scored over time

Question 11

split test

Answer 11

used to asses the internal reliability of a test, splits one test into two sections