Self report techniques

Question 1

what are self report techniques

Answer 1

any method 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 the self report techniques

Answer 2

• questionnaire
• structured interview
• unstructured interview
• semi-structured interview

Question 3

what are questionnaires

Answer 3

a pre-set list of written questions to which the ppt responds to assess someone’s thoughts and feelings

Question 4

what are the strengths of questionnaires

Answer 4

• cost effective
• gather large amounts quickly
• completed with researcher present
• data usually easy to analyse
• data can be used for statistical analysis

Question 5

what are the weaknesses of questionnaires

Answer 5

• responses may not always be truthful- ppts may want to present themselves in a good way and influence answers
• form of demand characteristics called social desirability bias
• often produce a response bias

Question 6

what is a structured interview

Answer 6

a predetermined set of questions asked in a fixed order

Question 7

what are the strengths of a structured interview

Answer 7

• easy and straightforward to replicate
• reduces differences between interviews
• analysis is straightforward

Question 8

what are weaknesses of a structured interview

Answer 8

• cannot deviate from topic or explain questions

- limits richness of data collected as well as limit unexpected information

Question 9

what is an unstructured interview

Answer 9

no set questions and works like a conversation with a general topic, questions develop based off responses

Question 10

what are the strengths of an unstructured interview

Answer 10

• more flexibility

- more likely to gain insight of the ppt

Question 11

what are the weaknesses of an unstructured interview

Answer 11

• increase risk of interviewer bias
• difficult to analyse
• researcher has to go through irrelevant info and drawing conclusions may be hard

Question 12

what is a semi-structured interview

Answer 12

a sort of interview that someone would encounter in everyday life e.g. job interview- there is a list of questions worked out in advance but interviewers are free to ask follow up questions based on answers

Question 13

what are the strengths and weaknesses of a structured interview

Answer 13

both of structured and unstructured