Self Report Techniques

Question 1

What are self report techniques?

Answer 1

Questionnaires
Structured interviews
Semi structured interviews

Question 2

Advantages of self report techniques

Answer 2

See what people think and feel

Question 3

disadvantages of self report techniques

Answer 3

People may not be truthful, lack of internal validity
Social desirability bias
May lack representativeness, cannot be generalised

Question 4

Advantages of questionnaires

Answer 4

Once designed, they can be distributed to a lot of people
Cheap and quick
More willing to release personal info than in an interview
Reduces social desirability

Question 5

Disadvantage of questionnaire

Answer 5

Time consuming to make
Data collection only by those who can read and write
Sample may be biased

Question 6

Advantages of structured interviews

Answer 6

Questions are standardised
Easier to analyse
Reliable

Question 7

Disadvantages of structured interviews

Answer 7

Researcher may act differently, researcher bias = low reliability
Investigator effect

Question 8

Advantages of semi structured interviews

Answer 8

More detailed information

Question 9

Disadvantage of semi structured interviews

Answer 9

Interviewer requires more skill- has to develop questions on the spot
Questions may lack objectivity