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what is a self report?

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a method which involves asking participants about their feelings, attitudes, beliefs towards something

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what is a questionnaire?

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a research instrument consisting of questions for the purpose of gathering info from respondents

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what is an interview?

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a technique used to collect data on people’s thoughts etc. Involves social interaction, unlike questionnaires

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what are the strengths of questionnaires?

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  • quick
  • relatively cheap
  • able to reach a large sample
  • anonymity may encourage honest answers
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what are the weaknesses of questionnaires?

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  • not everyone who receives the questionnaire will respond
  • possible bias
  • questions open to interpretation
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what are the strengths of interviews?

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  • able to assess more than the responses, eg their tone
  • can be altered based on participants response
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what are the weaknesses of interviews?

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  • pts may alter their responses due to feeling judged by the researcher
  • time consuming
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what are the types of interview?

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structured, semi-structured, unstructured

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what are the types of questions?

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open, closed, likert scale, semantic differential rating scale, rating scale

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what is a structured interview?

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when the researcher has pre-planned/ pre-determined questions and does not deviate from these during the interview

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what are the strengths of a structured interview?

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  • all questions will provide relevant data
  • easy to compare answers between participants
  • easy to replicate
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what are the weaknesses of structured interviews?

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  • formal, so participants may be uncomfortable
  • lacks depth as participants may not be able to explain answers
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what is a semi-structured interview?

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an interview with some predetermined questions, but new questions are created in response to participants answers

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what are the strengths of semi-structured interviews?

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  • flexible, researcher can build relationship with interviewee
  • pts can expand their answers
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what are the weaknesses of semi-structured interviews?

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time consuming
hard to replicate
hard to compare some answers

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what is an unstructured interview?

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an interview with no predetermined questions

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what are the strengths of of unstructured interviews?

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flexible, researcher can build relationship with interviewee

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what are the weaknesses of unstructured interviews?

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time consuming, hard to replicate, hard to compare answers, data may not be relevant

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what are the strengths of open questions?

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  • provide detail rich data
  • pts can choose how to respond
  • pts can justify and explain their answers
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what are the weaknesses of open questions?

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  • hard to analyse + compare
  • time consuming to code/quantify
  • answers may be irrelevant
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what are the strengths of closed questions?

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  • easy to analyse as its quantitative data
  • all answers will be relevant
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what are the weaknesses of closed questions?

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  • reductionist, lacks depth and detail
  • may not reflect pts true thoughts and feelings, so they choose next best options
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what are the strengths of rating scales?

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  • tells you the strength of the opinion in numerical form
  • easy to analyse
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what are the weaknesses of rating scales?

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  • open to response bias
  • lacks depth and detail
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what is a semantic differential rating scale?

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measures a person’s attitude towards something by putting something on a scale between two descriptive words

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what are the strengths of semantic differential rating scales?

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  • easy to analyse
  • descriptive words give the scale more meaning
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what are the weaknesses of semantic differential rating scales?

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  • open to response bias
  • lacks depth + detail
  • open to interpretation
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what is a likert scale?

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a type of rating scale which allows people to indicate how much they agree or disagree with a statement

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what are the strengths of likert scales?

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  • tells you the strength of the opinion
  • easy to analyse
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what are the weaknesses of likert scales?

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  • open to response bias
  • lacks depth + detail
  • you have to process the data to add values before analysis

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