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Self report

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Asking a ps about their thoughts and behaviour and recording their answers.

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examples of self reports

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-questionnaires
-diary entries
-interviews
-psychometrics

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Questionnaire

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A series of questions in written form

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Interview

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A series of questions are given verbally,face to face between an interviewer and interviewee

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Open questions

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Allows the ps to answer however they want

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Closed questions

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provide a limited amount of answers ps must choose from.

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Qualitative data

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non numerical,rich in detail, usually textual or verbal and provides descriptions.

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Quantitative data

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Numerical,measurements of quantity or amount or how often something has occurred.

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types of closed questions

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-fixed choice
-checklist
-ranking
-likert scale
-semantic differential scale

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Fixed choice question

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These are phrased so that the respondent has to make a fixed choice answer, usually ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

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Checklist questions

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Give a list of options and told to choose as many as apply to the ps. (e.g “tick all that apply”)

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Ranking questions

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Ps are instructed to put a list of options into order.(e.g “rank from 1 - 10, 10 being most exciting”)

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Likert scale questions

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Ps indicate on a scale how much you agree with a statement. (strongly agree, agree, disagree etc…)

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Semantic differential questions

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Indicate where you stand on a scale between 2 contrasting objectives.( E.g circle a number: 1= bad etc…10= great)

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Rating scale questions

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Respondents are asked to give a number to represent their views. (e.g “on a scale of 1-10…”)

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Interview

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Ps responds verbally to questions from researcher

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Structured interview

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Predetermined questions with fixed closed questions

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Semi structured interview

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Guidelines on which question to as, contains open & closed questions, timing & phrasing determined by interviewer

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Unstructured interview

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Topic of discussion but no fixed questions all open.

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Strengths of a structured interview

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-easily repeated
-standardised for all ps
-easier to analyse
-answers more predictable

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Weaknesses of a structured interview

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-social desirability bias
-ps may give answers they believe are socially acceptable, not truthful

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Strengths of a semi-structured interview

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-more detailed info obtained
-subsequent questions specially shaped to the ps

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Weaknesses of a semi-structured interview

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-ore affected by interviewer bias
-probing questions on spot
-risk leading questions

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Strengths of an unstructured interview

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-potential to gather rich & detailed info from each ps
-conversational nature best suited to discuss sensitive/complex issues ps more relaxed.

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Weaknesses of an unstructured interview

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-lots of time and expense involved when training interviewers
-time consuming task to analyse and interpret when detailed.

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Social desireability

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Answering questions incorrectly so as to appear more acceptable to society

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Unclear questions

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poorly written questions that may receive answers that do not reflect the behaviour or thoughts of the ps.

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Retrospective data

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uses existing data that have been recorded for reasons other than research. human memory is often poor so have to be careful about self reports that rely on ps recalling thoughts and behaviours.

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Leading questions

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a question that suggests a particular answer is correct.

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Psychometric questions

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series of standardised closed questions to measure mental characteristics such as IQ, emotional intelligence, personality traits etc…

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Population validity

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refers to whether you can reasonably generalise the findings from your sample to target population.

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Ecological validity

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How well the results apply to real life situations and environments.

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Internal validity

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Does the PROCEDURE measure/test what it says it does?

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External validity

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Do the RESULTS apply to real life? (ecological, population)

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Reliability

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A measure/procedure is reliable if it gets consistent results.

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Internal reliability

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how consistent a measure is within ITSELF. E.g-Are the questions in an interview testing the same thing?

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External validity

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how consistent a measure is OVERTIME.

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Test-retest (tests EXternal reliability)

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testing the same individual with the same measures over a period of time.If results are same over time then measure has test-retest reliability.

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Split half (tests INternal reliability)

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splitting the results of a test in two and seeing how consistent they are. If both halves have similar scores then it has split half reliability

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How can validity be improved?

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-Remove leading questions
-Remove unclear questions
-Add open questions w qualitative data
-ensure answers will be anonymous and confident

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How can reliability be improved?

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-Train interviewers so they are standardised
-Provide standardised questions
-Add closed questions with quantifiable data
-Use split test/retest methods.

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Internal validity

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The degree to which an observed effect is due to experimental manipulation rather than other factors like extraneous variables.

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External validity

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The extent to which the results of an experiment can be generalised from the set of conditions created by the experimenter to other environmental conditions such as real life.

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Factors affecting validity

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-Demand characteristics
-Social desirability bias
-Researcher/experimenter bias
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How can validity be improved?

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f concurrent or construct validity are low questions on tests/questionnaires can be changed. By removing questions researchers can identify which questions are suspect to see if this improves correlation w the existing measure-then it can be assumed the questions are irrelevant.

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Face validity

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Whether items on a test look like they are assessing what researcher intended to assess (see if it is obviously related)

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Concurrent Validity

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Can be established by comparing performance on a new test with a previously validated one on the same topic. If new test has similar outcome then concurrent validity is demonstrated on the NEW.

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Construct Validity

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Refers to how well a test/tool measures the construct it was designed to.

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