Self-Report Techniques Flashcards
What is a questionnaire?
What are they used to assess?
A pre written list of questions to which a PPT responds to.
Used to assess opinions or thoughts.
Which variable might questionnaires be used to assess?
DV.
What are open questions?
What type of data do they usually produce?
PPTs are free to respond how they’d like.
Usually produces qualitative data.
What are closed questions?
What type of data do they usually produce?
Questions that have a fixed range of responses.
Produce quantitative data.
Explain the strength of questionnaires being able to gather lots of information.
They can gather large amounts of data quickly because they can be distributed to a large number of people. This increases the volume of data that can be gathered.
Explain the strength of researchers not needing to be present when conducting a questionnaire.
Saves time and reduces effort involved.
Explain the strength of questionnaires producing data that is easy to analyse.
With quantitative data, it can be statistically analysed and compared to other research.
What are the risks of social desirability bias with questionnaires?
PPTs may not be truthful in their answers as they want to appear in a positive light.
Explain the limitation of response bias in questionnaires.
Why might PPTs do it?
PPTs respond to all questions in a similar way, for example, by agreeing with all scenarios presented to them.
This could be because they try to complete the questionnaire too quickly and fail to read the question properly.
What are structured interviews?
Interviews made up of a pre determined set of questions asked in a fixed order. Conducted face to face or over the phone.
What are unstructured interviews?
An interview where there are no set questions but there is a general topic to be discussed. Similar to a conversation. PPT may be prompted to elaborate on their answers.
What are semi structured interviews?
Contain a set list of questions, but interviewers may add more in if needed.
Why might richness of data from structured interviews be limited?
Interviewers are not supposed to deviate from the list of questions, so PPTs may not be able to elaborate on their responses.
Why can structured interviews be replicated?
They have a standardised format, meaning that differences created by different interviews can be reduced.
Why is data from unstructured interviews often more rich?
However, this could lead to which type of bias?
This type of interview is more flexible. Interviewers can add follow up points to questions if needed so unexpected information can be elicited.
But this could lead to interviewer bias.
