self report methods Flashcards
what are the 2 self reports used in research studies
- questionnaires
- interviews
what are questionnaires
they are written surveys that measures on particular parts of life
what are the 2 different questions types used in questionnaires
open and closed questions
what are open questions,
- no predetermined responses
- respondents can offer as much details as they want
what do open questions gather
qualitative data
how are open questions structured
- usually start with ‘how’, ‘why’, ‘state’, ‘describe’
what are closed questions
predetermined responses for respondents to choose from
what do closed questions gather
quantitative data
evaluate closed questions q
- easy and quicker to analyze statistically
- they do not generate in-depth responses
evaluate open questions
- generate in-depth data
- hard and time-consuming to analyze
general evaluations for questionnaires
- can be time-consuming, not everybody will hand them back in
- they can be completed confidentiality
evaluate interviews in general
what do interviews generally gather and use
- gather = qualitative data
- use = open questions
what are the 3 different interview types
- structured
- semi-structured
-unstructured
what are interviews
questions that are verbally asked by an interviewer and answered by an interviewee
what are structured interviews
more evaluations for interviews in general
what are unstructured interviews
evaluate structured interviews
what are semi-structured interviews
