Self-report techniques

Question 1

what are questionnaires

Answer 1

written set of questions used to asses a person’s thought or experiences

Question 2

what are open questions

Answer 2

• no fixed range of answers
• free to answer in any way
• qualitative data

Question 3

what are closed questions

Answer 3

• fixed answer (yes/no)
• quantitative data

Question 4

what are the strengths of questionnaires

Answer 4

• cost effective
• gather large amounts of data quickly
• straightforward data to easily analyse
• statistical analysis

Question 5

what are the limitations of questionnaires

Answer 5

• respondents may not always be truthful
• social desirability bias

Question 6

what are structured interviews

Answer 6

• pre-determined set of questions
• asked in a fixed order

Question 7

what is the evaluation of a structured interview

Answer 7

• straightforward to replicate
• limit the richness of the data

Question 8

what is a unstructured interview

Answer 8

• no set questions
• certain topic is discussed
• expand and elaborate their answers

Question 9

what is the evaluation of an unstructured interview

Answer 9

• more flexibility
• increased interviewer bias
• not straightforward data
• interviewers may still lie