Self-report techniques

Self-report techniques involve participants responding to (a)   by providing information about their thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour.

Questionnaires and interviews are types of _______-_________ techniques.

(a)  

Which of the following statements about questionnaires are true?

• They comprise of pre-written questions

• They can only collect quantitative data

• They can comprise of open and closed questions

• They can be structured or unstructured

• Participants respond verbally

Questionnaires are standardised to enable easy r (a)   in future research.

(a)   questions refer to questions in a questionnaire where participants are limited to choose from options provided by the researcher.

Which of the following could you see in a closed question?

• Likert scale

• Rating scale

• True or false tick boxes

• Extra space for you to write a detailed answer

Which of the following are appropriate evaluations for the use of closed questions in a questionnaire

• It is easier to collate, display and compare answers

• Researchers can obtain in-depth data

• Can lead to participant frustration

• Researchers can identify trends in answers they may not have predicted

• Participants may provide answers outside of the researcher's focus which would be a waste of time and money

Finish the sentence: It is easy to collate, display and compare respondents' answers to closed questions because...

• They allow a greater diversity of responses

• they are subjectively analysed

• They restrict answers to pre-determined options

(a)   questions refer to questions in questionnaires where participants are provided with the opportunity to respond freely.

Which of the following are appropriate evaluations for the use of open questions in a questionnaire

• It is easier to collate, display and compare answers

• Researchers can obtain in-depth data

• Can lead to participant frustration

• Researchers can identify trends in answers they may not have predicted

• Participants may provide answers outside of the researcher's focus which would be a waste of time and money