Self-report Techniques Flashcards
What are the 2 main types of self-report techniques?
Interview
Questionnaire
What is a questionnaire?
A list of questions that people answer on their own
What do questionnaires assess?
Thoughts and feelings
How many types of questions are there?
2
What are the two types of questions?
Open
Closed
What is an open question?
A question with a range of answers
What type of answers does an open question get?
Qualitative
What is a closed question?
A question with a fixed answer
What type of answer will a closed question get?
Quantitative
How many types of interviews are there?
3
What are the 3 types of interview?
Unstructured
Semi-structured
Unstructured
What is a structed interview?
Made up of pre-determined questions
What is a semi-structured interview?
There is a list of pre-determined questioned but the interviewer can add follow up questions whenever they want
What is an unstructured interview?
There are no predetermined questions. Free flowing conversation
Strengths of a questionnaire?
Cost-effective Quick Lots of data, little effort EZ to analyse EZ statistical analysis
Limitations of a questionnaire?
DC- social desirability bias
Response bias- when ppts tend to answer all the Qs in the same way (e.g. lots of “YES”)
What is good about a structured interview?
EZ to replicate
Reduces differences between interviewers
What is bad about a structured interview?
No elaboration- key detail missed
What is good about an unstructured interview?
Much more flexibility
More detail
What is bad about an unstructured interview?
Hard to analyse the data
Might be a lot of irrelevant data
What is not good about both interviews and questionnaires?
Social desirability bias
