Self-Report Design

Question 1

explain a likert scale?

Answer 1

• visual scale
• strongly agree- neural- to strongly disagree
• 5 options

Question 2

explain a rating scale?

Answer 2

• pp’s identify a value that represents their feelings of a particular topic
• v entertaining 1- 5 not entertaining at all

Question 3

explain a fixed choice option?

Answer 3

• list of possible options

- pp’s have to indicate what ones apply to them

Question 4

explain designing interviews?

Answer 4

• list of questions interviewer should cover should be standardised to reduce interviewer bias
• 1on1 should be in a quiet room, away from people so they feel relaxed and comfortable
• should be reminded their answers will be confident

Question 5

what is reflexivity?

Answer 5

-verify w/ interviewee your interpretation of what they said b4 publication to see if they’re okay with it

Question 6

explain overuse of jargon for writing good questions?

Answer 6

• technical terms are sometime sonly familiar to those in that field
• questions should be easy to understand

Question 7

explain emotive language and leading questions for writing good questions?

Answer 7

• sometimes authors attitude towards topic is clear due to phrasing
• emotive language should be replaced with neutral language
• leading questions shouldn’t be a thing as it guides respondent towards a answer

Question 8

explain double barrelled questions and double negatives for writing good questions?

Answer 8

• double barrelled contains 2 questions at once, issue as respondent may agree with first half but not the second
• double negatives are hard to answer should be asked in an easier way