Week 2 Flashcards
1
Q
4 ethical considerations for surveys and interviews?
A
- Voluntary participation?
- Informed consent? (They must understand what’s happening completely).
- Confidentiality and anonymity? (E.g by giving people unique IDs).
- Research bias? (What we think or believe may influence how we ask the questions).
2
Q
2 types of research
A
- deductive reasoning
* Inductive reasoning
3
Q
Deductive reasoning (confirmatory research)
A
Start with a hypothesis and then data is collected.
4
Q
Inductive reasoning (exploratory research)
A
Start with data and then conclusions are made.
5
Q
Problems with interview questions: Objective truth
A
People may report things differently than how they occur.
6
Q
Problems with interview questions: subjective truth
A
Different people may view the same things in different ways.
7
Q
Leading questions
A
Gets the person to respond in a certain way (e.g the economy is clearly in crisis, wouldn’t you agree?).
8
Q
Open Vs closed questions
A
- open questions are used in interviews
* Closed questions are used in surveys
9
Q
Positionality (as the interviewer)
A
- how you see yourself
- How people respond to you
- How you perceive and interpret your responses
10
Q
Salience, credibility, and legitimacy
A
- Salience = Societal and political RELEVANCE
- Credibility = LOGIC and soundness of information
- Legitimacy = FAIR representation of views and how they were derived.
