wk 7

Question 1

questionnaires

Answer 1

✔️versatility 
✔️cost effective 
✔️familiarity
✔️standard structure format
✖️low response rates
✖️can be inflexible
✖️ self report bias
✖️no explanation for responses

Question 2

open ended questions

Answer 2

✔️response not imposed 
✔️truer reflection of thoughts and beliefs 
✔️rich data
✔️allows for unexpected responses
✖️difficult to compare responses
✖️difficult to quantify 
✖️can result in coding errors
✖️take longer to complete
✖️not suitable for inarticulate / tired respondents

Question 3

closed ended formats

Answer 3

dichotomous (yes/no)
multiple category (a,b,c,d)
rating scales (strongly agree - strongly disagree)
ranking scales (rank answers from 1-5 in order)
semantic differential scales (one answer on one end another answer of the other)

Question 4

closed ended ✔️s and ✖️s

Answer 4

✔️clarify response alternatives
✔️easier to quantify
✔️easier to compare
✔️reduce ambiguous answers
✔️reduce coding errors
✔️easy to complete
✖️can create artificial forced responses
✖️can rule out unexpected responses
✖️meaning can be lost
✖️cant expand into richer data

Question 5

question order

Answer 5

funnelling -> general - specific

reverse funnelling -> specific - general

Question 6

online questionnaires ✔️

Answer 6

provides a more user friendly/ attractive format
can use dedicate websites to provide more info about research
can include links to affiliated institution for credibility
can use simple designs to ensure quick responses of a variety of question types
questions can be randomly ordered
can be out directly into a spreadsheet
greater sense of anonymity

Question 7

online questionnaires ✖️

Answer 7

design does require some degree of technical expertise
relies on respondents coming to the webpage - recruitment issues
can be overcome by linking relevant websites with permission or sending solicited emails w/ hypertext link