Self-report techniques Flashcards
Self-report techniques
-a method where a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, behaviours, opinions or experiences related to a given topic
Self-report techniques
List
Questionnaires
Interviews
Questionnaires
-a set of written questions used to asses a person’s thoughts and experiences
Styles of questions in a questionnaire
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Open questions
Closed questions
Open questions
-doesn’t have a fixed range of answers
└respondents can answer in any way they wish
-produces qualitative data
Closed questions
- has a fixed range of answers
- produces quantitative data
Questionnaires
Strengths
- cost effective
- can gather large amounts of data quickly
- data is usually easy to analyse
Questionnaires
Limitations
-responses may not always be truthful
└demand characteristic- social desirability bias
-response bias
└always tick yes or answering at end of favoured end of rating scale
└as answer too quickly
Interviews
- a live encounter where an interviewer asks a set of questions to asses an interviewees thoughts and experiences
- interviews may be structured or unstructured
Types of interviews
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Structured interviews
Unstructured interviews
Structured interviews
- made up of a pre-determined set of questions in a fixed order
- like a questionnaire but face to face or over the phone
Structured interviews
Evaluation
Strengths
-data is easy to replicate and analyse
Limitations
-interviewers can’t deviate from topic or elaborate points
Unstructured interviews
- no pre-determined set of questions or fixed order
- general aim of certain topic is discussed
- like a conversation
Unstructured interviews
Evaluation
Strengths
-interviewers can deviate from topic and elaborate points
Limitations
-data is difficult to replicate and analyse
-responses may not always be truthful
└demand characteristic- social desirability bias
Semi-structures interviews
- made up of a pre-determined set of questions in a fixed order
- interviewer can ask follow-up questions where they feel appropriate
