Self Report Techniques

Question 1

What are self report techniques

Answer 1

Where pps provide info about themselves via questionnaires or interviews

Question 2

What are the 3 types of self report techniques

Answer 2

Questionaires
Interviews
Unstructured interviews

Question 3

What are questionnaires

Answer 3

A set of written questions used to assess thoughts feelings or behaviours

Question 4

+ and - of questionnaires

Answer 4

+ efficient as can collect lots of data fast
+ standardised so easy to replicate
+ anonymity can reduce social desirability bias

• response bias e.g choosing same ans for all
• social desirability bias
• misunderstanding of questions as lacks clarification

Question 5

What are structured interviews

Answer 5

Pre set standardised questions delivered in a fixed order

Question 6

+ and - of interviews

Answer 6

+ easy to replicate as consistent format
+ easy analysis

• limited depth as answers may lack detail
• restricts follow up questions

Question 7

What are unstructured interviews

Answer 7

More like a convo, answers may vary and develop based on responses

Question 8

+ and - of unstructured interviews

Answer 8

+ rich and detailed data as more valid insight into behaviours or attitudes
+ flexible as interviewer can clarify or explore

• harder to analyse due to qualitative data being time consuming to interpret
• interviewer bias as responses may be influenced by question phrasing

Question 9

What are open questions and evaluate

Answer 9

Allow detailed and qualitative responses
+ greater insight rich data
- hard to analyse and time consuming

Question 10

What are closed questions and evaluate

Answer 10

Provide fixed responses e.g yes no
+ easy to analyse and quantify, quick responses
- limited depth and restricts answers