Self Report Techniques Flashcards

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Questionnaires

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A set of written questions used to assess a persons thoughts and/or experiences

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Questionnaires (strengths)

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Cost effective
Gathers large amounts of data
Can be completed without the presence of a researcher
Data is easy to analyse
Data lends itself to statistical analysis and can be presented in graphs and charts

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Questionnaires (weaknesses)

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Responses may not be truthful
Social desirability bias and demand characteristics
Response bias

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Interview

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A face-to-face or telephone encounter, where the interviewer asked a set of questions to assess the interviewees thoughts and experiences
Maybe structured or unstructured

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Structured Interview

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Has a set of pre-determined questions that are asked in a fixed order

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Structured interview (strengths)

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Easy to replicate
Reduces interviewer bias

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Structured interview (weaknesses)

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Interviewers cannot deviate from the topic for further explanation, which limits the richness of data
Interviewees can lie
Social desirability bias

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Unstructured Interview

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No set questions just a general aim to be discussed
Interviewee is encouraged to expand on their responses

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Unstructured Interview (strengths)

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More flexibility
Can do follow-up questions for more detail

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Structured Interview (weaknesses)

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Interviewer bias
Data analysis is not straightforward
Interviewees can lie
Social desirability bias

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Semi-Structured Interview

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There is a list of questions that have to be asked, but then also time for follow-up questions if appropriate

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Social desirability bias

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Tendency to respond in a way that makes the participants look good or positive

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Acquiescence bias

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Tendency to agree with all the items regardless of the content

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Response bias

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Respondents tend to reply in a similar way (for example all ‘no’ or all ‘yes’)

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Interviewer bias

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The influence of the interviewer on the interviewee

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Likert scale

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Respondents indicate their agreement or disagreement with a particular statement on a scale
Strongly agree — Strongly disagree

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Rating scale

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Respondents, identify a value that represents the strength of a feeling about a topic
0 — 10

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Fixed choice option

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Includes a list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate those that apply to them or the one they think is correct

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Open question

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No fixed range of answers and respondents can respond in any way they wish
Tends to produce qualitative data that can be difficult to analyse

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Closed question

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A fixed number of responses that produces numerical data and quantitive data
Easy to analyse but may lack depth