Research methods Flashcards

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Unstructured interviews

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When a researcher doesn’t have set questions, they will have a conversation about the topic they are researching.

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Structured interviews

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When the researcher has set questions they will ask people whilst interviewing, and will ask them in the same order so you get a standardized scoring system.

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Observations

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When a researcher will observe groups of people and watch how they behave/respond to different situations.

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Questionnaires

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When a researcher will compile a document of questions and send them out to lots of people to get a response from many people at once.

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