Methods: Questonnaires

Question 1

Define closed-ended questions.

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Question 2

Define open-ended questions.

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Question 3

Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:

• Practical advantages
• Reliability

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Question 4

Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:

• Hypothesis testing
• Detachment and objectivity

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Question 5

Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:

• Representativeness
• Ethical issues

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Question 6

Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:

• Practical problems
• Low response rate

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Question 7

Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:

• Inflexibility
• Questionnaires as snapshots

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Question 8

Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:

• Detachment
• Lying, forgetting and ‘right answerism’

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Question 9

Summarise the following disadvantage of questionnaires:

- Imposing the researcher’s meanings.

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Question 10

Give three reasons why positivists might favour questionnaires.

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Question 11

Give two reasons why interpretivists might reject the use of questionnaires.

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