Self-report techniques

Question 1

What are self-report techniques?

Answer 1

Methods in which a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, opinions, behaviours, and/or experiences related to a given topic

Question 2

What are questionnaires?

Answer 2

A pre-set list of written questions used to assess a person’s thoughts and/or experiences.

Question 3

What are open questions?

Answer 3

It does not have a fixed range of answers and participants are free to answer in any way

Question 4

What does open questions lead to?

Answer 4

qualitative responses

Question 5

What are closed questions?

Answer 5

Offers a fixed number of responses.

Question 6

What does closed questions lead to?

Answer 6

Both quantitative and qualitative (restrictive) responses

Question 7

What are structured interviews?

Answer 7

When pre-determined set of questions are asked in a fixed order

Question 8

What are unstructured interviews?

Answer 8

They work like conversations because there are no set questions, just the topic is decided in advance

Question 9

What are the strengths of questionnaires?

Answer 9

They are cost-effective.
- can gather large amounts of data without researcher being there
- reduces effort

Question 10

What is a limitation of questionnaires? (hint:social desirability bias)

Answer 10

Responses may not be truthful
- Social desirability bias occurs as respondents wants to be seen in a positive light which may affect their answers

Question 11

What is a strength of structured interviews?

Answer 11

Can be replicated due to their standardised format

Question 12

What is a limitation of structured interview?

Answer 12

interviewers are not able to deviate from their topic

Question 13

What is a strength of unstructured interviews?

Answer 13

There is flexibility so interviewer can follow up points and can understand more about the interviewee,

Question 14

What is a limitation of unstructured interview?

Answer 14

• Not straightforward
• Irrelevant information may arise and so drawing conclusions may be difficult