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What is a questionnaire

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A set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for purposes of a survey

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What are the two types of self report

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Questionnaires

Interviews

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What is a structured interview

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Each interviewee presented with the exact same questions in same order

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What is a unstructured interview

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Questions can be changed/ adapted to meet correspondents intelligence, understanding & beliefs

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What is a semi structured interview

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Flexible. Allowed new and old questions to be asked during a interview

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What is a open question

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Allows participants to elaborate on answers and give more detail

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What is a closed question

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Force participants to choose an option

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What is a rating scale

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Give a number to represent views or feelings

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What is a semantic differential rating scale

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Used to put something on a scale between 2 opposing descriptive words

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Likert scale

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Generate quantitative data, assess strength of using opinion scale
E.g agree/ disagree

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What is a response bias

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Answers may not represent true feelings

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What is a social desire ability bias

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Often answer in a way to portray them self in a good light

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What are Demand characteristics

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Behaving in certain way to please researcher

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What are the strengths of a questionnaire

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Ability to reach large no of participants

Encourage honest answers (anonymity)

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What are the strengths of structured interview

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Gets answers to questions needed

Easy to replicate

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What are the strengths of unstructured interview

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Flexible so maybe more detailed

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What are the strengths of semi-structured interview

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Flexible

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What are the strengths of open qu’s

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Provides detail

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What are the strengths of closed qu’s

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Easy to analyse

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What are the strengths of rating scale

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Easy to analyse

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What are the strengths of semantic differential rating scale and likert scale

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Easy to analyse

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What are the weaknesses of questionnaires

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Low response
Cannot change at times- less flexible
Cannot judge body language

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What are the weaknesses of a structured interview

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No flexibility to ask new questions

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What are the weaknesses of unstructured interview

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May not get wanted answers

Prone to interview bias

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What are the weaknesses of semi-structured interview

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Prone to interview bias

Leading questions

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What are the weaknesses of open qu’s

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Qualitative so difficult to analyse

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What are the weaknesses of closed questions

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Lack detail

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What are the weaknesses of rating scale
Semantic differential rating
Likert scale

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Lack detail
Bias response
(Language difficulty for sdr)

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Why is response bias a bad thing

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Aren’t accurate

Lack validity

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Why is social desirability bias a bad thing

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May not respond truthfully

Lack validity

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Why is demand characteristics a bad thing

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Not useful
Not accurate
Lack validity

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