Self Report Design

Question 1

Designing questionnaires

Answer 1

Likert scales:
- respondent indicates theri agreement or other wise with a statement using a scale of usually 5 points

Rating scales:
- respondents identify a value that represents their strength of feeling about a particular topic

Fixed-choice option:
- list of possible options and respondents are required to indicate those that apply to them

Question 2

Designing interviews

Answer 2

Interview schedule = list of Q the interviewer intends to cover; should be standardised to reduce interviewer bias

• usually single pts interviews but can be group e.g. clinical trail
• start with neutral Q to make the pts feel at ease, tell pts that their answers will be confidential {reduce ethical issues}

Question 3

Things that should be avoided - overuse of jargon

Answer 3

• technical term that is familiar to those within a specialised field or area
• overuse leads to confusion

Question 4

Emotive language and leading questions

Answer 4

• sometimes a researchers attitude towards a topic is clear from how the Qs are phrased

Question 5

Double barrelled questions and double negatives

Answer 5

Double barrelled Q = contains 2 Qs in one; issue being that respondents may agree with one half but not the other

Double negatives = difficult for the respondents to decipher