Self Report Methods

Question 1

Self report

Answer 1

Participant reports their own thoughts and feelings about a particular matter

Question 2

Two self report methods

Answer 2

Questionnaires and interviews

Question 3

Open question

Answer 3

The participant can give any answer they wish - qualitative

Question 4

Closed question

Answer 4

There are a set number of responses which the participant selected from quantitative

Question 5

Questionnaires

Answer 5

A self report methods with written questions which could be open or closed - qualitative

Question 6

Fixed choice option

Answer 6

Includes a list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate those that apply them

Question 7

Likert scale

Answer 7

The respondent indicates their agreement with a statement using a scale - strongly agree to strongly disagree

Question 8

Rating scales

Answer 8

Participants select a value that represents their strength or feelings about a particular topic

Question 9

Weakness of questionaries

Answer 9

Closed questionnaires aren’t detailed enough, people could lie due to social desire-ability bias, potential of leading questions

Question 10

3 types of interview

Answer 10

Structured, unstructured, semi structured

Question 11

Structured interview

Answer 11

Made up of pre determined set of questions that are asked in a fixed order

Question 12

Unstructured interview

Answer 12

Works like a conversation with no set questions where a general topic will be discussed

Question 13

Semi- structured interview

Answer 13

Most common interview, list of questions worked out in advance with interviewers able to ask follow up questions based on previous answers

Question 14

Strengths of unstructured interviews

Answer 14

More detail can be obtained from each participant, information can be accessed that might not be revealed by using predominant questions, respondents tend to be more honest so social desirability is less of a problem

Question 15

Strengths of structured interview

Answer 15

Requires less interviewing skill, easier to analyse the answers, can easily be repeated because the questions are standardised

Question 16

Weakness of both interviews

Answer 16

Interviewer bias, reliability may be affected by the interviewer behaving differently on different occasions, different questions may be interpreted different ways

Question 17

Weakness of unstructured interviews

Answer 17

Interviewer bias if interviewer is making up questions on the spot, reliability may be affected by different questions being asked, more difficult to analyse the data

Question 18

Weakness of structured interviews

Answer 18

The answers the participants give may be restricted by the questions they are asked