SELF-REPORT TECHNIQUES: QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS AO1 & AO3 Flashcards

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What is an Interview?

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A face to face interaction where an interviewer asks set of questions to interviewees about their thoughts/experiences

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Structured interviews EVA (ADVANTAGE + DISADVANTAGE)

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  • Made up of pre-determined set of questions that are asked in a fixed order Verbal questionnaire

+ Easy to replicate as standardised format
- Interviewee can’t elaborate their points and imposes what the researcher values on the pt

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Unstructured interviews EVA (ADV + DIS)

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  • More of a conversation General aim that a certain topic will be discussed, and interaction tends to be free-flowing interviewee encouraged to expand and elaborate when prompted
    No set questions

+More flexibility as can have follow up questions therefore more insight
-Risk of social desirability

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Semi-structured interview

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  • List of questions that have been worked out in advance but interviewer asks questions based on other answers
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how to write a good question

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avoid jargon
avoid double barrel questions
Avoid leading questions

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closed questions + EVA

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responds have limited choices e.g 11-16 16-18, 18-21

+ can produce graph charts for comparison
- pushes pp into an answer that may not represent feelings

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open questions + EVA

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respondant produces own answer expressed in words

+ answer more likely to provide detailed unexpected info, high external validity

  • wide variety of answers than close questions, May be reduced to statistics
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