self-report technique's

Question 1

what do self-report technique’s include ?

Answer 1

• these include any methods where a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, opinions, behaviours etc

Question 2

name 2 examples of self-report technique’s ?

Answer 2

• questionares
• interviews

Question 3

what do questionnares involve ?

Answer 3

• they involve a set of written questions used to asses a persons thoughts and/or experiences

Question 4

what can the questions be in a questionnare ?

Answer 4

• questions can be either open or closed questions

Question 5

describe what a closed question is ?

Answer 5

• they offer a fixed number of response such as a yes or no
• they produce quantitive data such as numerical data

Question 6

describe what is meant by an open question ?

Answer 6

• they enable the respondent to answer in any way they choose
• they produce qualitive data
• best written by asking ‘how’ or ‘why’

Question 7

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state the advantages of a questionnare ?

Answer 7

• quick +cost effective
  large amounts of info can be gathered in a short period of time
• lack of investigator
  no researcher present
• quantitive + qualitive data
• replication
  standardised (same for everyone) so easy to replicate

Question 8

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state the limitations of using a questionnare ?

Answer 8

• responses may not always be truthful
  demand characteristics + social desirability
• biased samples
  certain types of people may be more willing to fill in questionnares than others so it may not be representative of a population
• low response rates
• misunderstandings
  ps may misinterpret questions
  there is also a problem with leading questions + emotive language

Question 9

describe features of an interview

Answer 9

• it is a ‘live’ encounter
• face to face or on the phone
• the interviewer asks a set of questions

Question 10

what is a structured interview ?

Answer 10

• they are made up of pre-determined set of questions that are asked in a fixed order

Question 11

what is an un-structured interview ?

Answer 11

• when the questions develop as the interview takes place
• the interviewee is encouraged to elaborate and expand on her answers

Question 12

strength of a structured interview ?

Answer 12

• easy to replicate due to their standardised format
• format reduces differences between interviewers

Question 13

weaknesses of structured interviews ?

Answer 13

• it is not possible for interviewers to deviate from the topic or explain their questions so this will limit richness of data and limit unexpected info

Question 14

strengths of an unstructured interview ?

Answer 14

• more flexibility
• they can follow up points and are more likely to elaborate

Question 15

weaknesses of an unstructured interview ?

Answer 15

• may lead to an increase in interviewer bias
• researcher may have to sit through irrelevant info and drawing conclusions may be difficult
• risk that interviewees may lie for reasons of social desirability