Self-Report Techniques

Question 1

what are the self-report techniques?

Answer 1

• questionnaires
• interviews

Question 2

what types of questions can be in a questionnaire?

Answer 2

• open
• closed

Question 3

what is a questionnaire?

Answer 3

pre-set list of written questions to which a ppt responds

Question 4

what are open questions?

Answer 4

• doesn’t have a fixed range of answers
• respondents are free to answer in any way they wish
• produce qualitative data

Question 5

what are closed questions?

Answer 5

• offers a fixed number of responses
• produces quantitative data

Question 6

what are strengths of questionnaires?

Answer 6

• cost-effective
• large amounts of data quickly as they can be distributed to large numbers
• less effort
• closed questions = straightforward to analyse, fixed choice closed qs
• data can be presented in statistical analysis

Question 7

what are limitations of questionnaires?

Answer 7

• may not always be truthful
• demand characteristics, specifically social desirability bias
• produce response bias, respondents reply in a similar way (acquiescence bias)

Question 8

what are the types of interviews?

Answer 8

• structured
• unstructured
• semi-structured interviews

Question 9

what are structured interviews?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

what are unstructured interviews?

Answer 10

• no set questions
• general aim that a certain topic will be discussed
• free-flowing

Question 11

what are semi structured interviews?

Answer 11

• list of questions that are worked out in advance
• free to ask follow-up questions based on previous answers

Question 12

what is a strength of structured interviews?

Answer 12

• straightforward to replicate due to the standardised format

Question 13

what is a weakness of structured interviews?

Answer 13

• not possible for interviewer to deviate from the topic or explain their questions
• limit in the richness of data

Question 14

what is a strength of unstructured interviews?

Answer 14

• more flexibility
• interviewer can follow up questions to gain an insight of interviewee

Question 15

what is a weakness of unstructured interviews?

Answer 15

• risk of interviewer bias
• analysis is not straightforward (sift through irrelevant info)
• people may lie, social desirability