Questionnaires Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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what type of data is questionnaires?
A
primary data
2
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qualitive or quanitive data [questionnaires]
A
quantive if closed questions qualitive if open questions
3
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which types of sociologists use questionnaires as a research method?
A
Positivists
4
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what is a questionnaire?
A
prewritten questions for the participant to answer to find out opinions and experiences
5
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what is a self-completion questionnaire?
A
a questionnaire which is given out to a participant by the researcher in person and handed back to them
6
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what are the advantages of a self-completion questionnaire?
A
- they are more representative as the researcher knows who is filling in the survey
-more likely to complete the survey [higher response rate as they have had an interaction with the researcher]
7
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what are the disadvantage of a self-completion questionnaire
A
-they have a small sample size
-high cost to pay the researcher
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