Self- Report Design

Question 1

what are the types of questions in a questionnaires?

Answer 1

• likert scales
• rating scales
• fixed-choice option

Question 2

what are likert scales?

Answer 2

respondent indicates their agreement (or otherwise) with a statement using a scale usually having five points

Question 3

what are rating scales?

Answer 3

respondents are asked to identify a value that represents their strength of feeling about a particular topic

Question 4

what is fixed-choice option?

Answer 4

list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate those that apply to them

Question 4

what is designing interviews?

Answer 4

• involves an interview schedule, which is the list of questions that the interviewer intends to cover = standardised to reduce the interviewer bias

Question 5

what should be avoided when writing good questions?

Answer 5

• overuse of jargon
• emotive language and leading questions
• double-barrelled questions and double negatives

Question 6

what is the overuse of jargon?

Answer 6

• technical terms that are only familiar to those within a specialised field or areas

Question 7

what is emotive language and leading questions?

Answer 7

• researcher’s attitude towards a particular topic is clear in the way the question is phrased
• leading questions = guides the respondent towards a particular answer

Question 8

what are double-barrelled questions?

Answer 8

contains two questions in one, so respondents may agree with one half but not the other

Question 9

what are double negative questions?

Answer 9

questions can be difficult for the respondents to decipher