Self report techniques Flashcards
What are self report techniques?
-Participants reveals personal information about themselves when answering a series of questions
-Usually collected by either questionnaire or interviews
What are open questions?(questionaires)
-Allows participants to write down their own answers and are often seen as having more validity
-Giving qualitative data(not numerical)
-Make analysis difficult but can provide depth and insight into an answers that the researcher might not otherwise get it
-provide a push point for further questions if needed.
What are closed questions?(questionaires)
-Provides participants with a selection of answers to choose from as can seem less valid which pre-determines the selection of answers
-Gives quantitative data which is easier to analyse and spot patterns but sacrifices the level of detail and insight you would get with open questions
What are structured interviews?
-Interviewer reads out a list of prepared questions for the participant to answer
-Interviewer does not deviate from prepared questions
What are the strengths of structured interviews?
-Interviewer does not need to have intensive training to ask the questions
-Answers are easy to compare as the same questions were asked
What are the limitations of structured interviews?
-Response by the participants cannot be followed up with additional questions to add more detail as there is prescribed list of questions
-Pre-determined questions may not provide the relevant data required for the investigation.
What are unstructured interviews?
-Interviewer has a topic of interests they wanna discuss with the interviewee
-No set list of questions, instead it is an open conversation about the topic, which allows the interviewer to ask questions specific to the interviewee and gain further information
What are the strengths of unstructured interviews?
-interviewer is able to build a report with the interviewee, which is more likely to allow for honest answers thus increasing validity
-Interesting answers can be followed up for more information as there is not a prescribed list of questions.
What are the limitations of unstructured interviews?
-The interviewer has to be responsive to the participant and ready to come up with suitable questions on the spot
-Every interview will be different making comparisons difficult
-interviewer will need specific training to ensure that questions whilst responsive, arent leading or show bias.
What are semi-structured interviews?
-Uses a combination of set questions, with the ability to ask extra questions to gather more information
-Allows interviewer to ask for more information if they would feel it would be of more benefit
What are the strengths of semi-structured interviews?
-Comparison is easier for an unstructured interview as the same questions are asked for part of the interview
-interviewer can gather more information by asking further questions or asking the participant to expand on the answers they have given
-Report can be built as an interviewer can ask more questions and relax the interviewee
What are the limitations of semi structured interviews?
-Interviewer has to be responsive to the participant and ready to come up with suitable questions on the spot if they feel that this is necessary.
-The interviewer, as with unstructured interviews, would need specific training to avoid asking leading questions or loaded questions (with bias)
