Self-Report design

Question 1

Designing Questionnaires- Writing Good Questions

Answer 1

-Avoid jargon
-Avoid double-barrelled questions
-Avoid leading questions

Question 2

Closed Questions

Answer 2

Respondent has limited choices

Question 3

AO3 (Easier To Analyse)

Answer 3

E- Can produce graphs and charts for comparison
E-Makes it easier to draw conclusions

Question 4

A03 (Responses Are Restricted)

Answer 4

E-Forced into an answer that may not represent true feelings
E-May reduce the validity of the findings

Question 5

Open Questions

Answer 5

Respondent provides own answers expressed in words

Question 6

A03 (Responses Not Restricted)

Answer 6

E- Answers more likely to provide detailed, unexpected information
E- Likely to have more external validity than statistics

Question 7

A03 (Difficult To Analyse)

Answer 7

E- Wider variety of answered than produced by closed questions.
E- May be forced to reduce data to statistics

Question 8

Designing Interviews

Answer 8

-Interview schedule- A standardised list of questions that the interviewer needs to cover, can reduce interviewer bias
-Quiet room- Will increase the likelihood that the interviewee will open up
-Rapport- Begin with neutral questions to make participants feel relaxed
-Ethics- Remind interviewees that answers will be treated in confidence