Self reports Flashcards
Questionnaire
Asking questions and people giving answers through polls, paper forms, online servery.
open question
allow participants to answer however they want
closed question
Provide a limited amount of answer participants must chose from
Qualitative data
Non-numerical data rich in detail usually textual/verbal and provides descriptions
Quantitative data
numerical data, measurements of quantity or amount or how often something occurs.
Fixed choice questions
Usually phrased so answers are ‘yes’ or ‘no’ example Do you revise? ‘yes’ ‘no’
Checklist questions
Given a list of options to choose from and have to choose how many apply to the participant. For example which method do you use to revise(tick all that apply)
mind maps
story
flashcards
blurting
Ranking questions
Partipants are instructed to put a list of options in order. For example
rank the following according to how much time you spend on them each day (1=the most 5=the least)
revising
homework
reading
texting
Likert scale questions
Participants indicate on a scale how much they agree. For example
Psychology is the most important subject?
strongly agree
agree
unsure
disagree
strongly disagree
Semantic differential questions
a scale between two contracting objectives e.g. good or bad For example
How did the chocolate taste, circle one number
Delicious (7)
Yummy (6)
Nice (5)
Ok (4)
edible (3)
disgusting(2)
gross (1)
Interview
face to face induvial ways of asking someone about their behaviour
Structured interview
predetermined questions with fixed closed questions
high in reliability , low in validity
semi structured interview
guidelines on which questions to ask contains open and closed questions timing and phrasing is determined by interviewer
can be high in both reliability and validity
Unstructured interview
topic of discussion but no fixed questions, all open questions
low in reliability and high in validity
