Self-report techniques Flashcards
A01
Define self report technique
A method where participanats give their opinions,feelings & experiences related to given topic.
A01
Define Interviews
A live encounter where interviewer asks a set of questions to assess an interviewees thoughts/experiences
Questions may be pre-set(structured)
or develop an interview goes along(unstructured)
A01
Define Questionnaires
A set of writted questions used to assess a persons thoughts/experiences
Define Open quesions
- Questions are phrased in a way that participants are free to answer how they like-no restrictions
- Produce Qualititive data
Define close questions
- fixed number of responses
- Produces quantitative data (numericval data)
Outline strength of Quantitative data
- Easy to analsye
Limitation of Quantitative data
- Lack of depth & detail
Strength of Qualitative data
- Rich in depth & detail
- Useful for sensitive topics as participants can elaborate
Limitation of Qualitative data
Difficult to analyse
What are the two types of self-report technique
- Interviews
- Questionnaires
What are structured interviews
- made up of pre-determined set of questions asked in fixed order
What is a strength of structured interviews
Evaluating self report techniques
- No skilled interviewer required
- Replicable-standardised format
- Can make comparisons between particpansts easily
What is a limitation of structured interviews
Evaluating self report techniques
- Interviewer bias-through aspects such as body language,listening skills
- Interpretive bias-how answers recorded
- interviewer effects-personal characteristics of interviewer can alter response
What is a strength of unstructured interviews
Evaluating self report techniques
- Lots of data collected with more depth & detail
- Can establish rapport
What is a limitation of unstructured interviews
Evaluating self report techniques
- Skilled interviewers needed
- interview bias
- Difficult to make comparisons between participants
- difficult to analsyse daya-sift through lot of info
