SELF-REPORT is a research method, such as a questionnaire or interview, which obtains data by asking participants to provide information about themselves.

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A research method that uses written questions.

• QUESTIONNAIRE

• INTERVIEW

These are series of statements wherein the respondents may choose from options, in order to rate their responses to evaluative questions

• DICHOTOMOUS SCALE

• LIKERT SCALE

Closed questions and qualitative data are easier to analyse and to summarise findings.

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Inter-observer reliability is the extent to which two researchers interpreting qualitative responses in a questionnaire (or interview) which will produce the same records from the same raw data.

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_______a personal viewpoint, which may be biased by one’s feelings, beliefs or experiences, so may differ between individual researchers.

• SUBJECTIVITY

• OBJECTIVITY

The findings from case studies are highly valid, as the individual is explored in great depth and within a genuine context such as their work or family.

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One of the ethical threat in case studies is the breech in confidentiality because some participants may feel hesitant to answer some questions as it may intrude about their personal life.

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Validity in case studies may be improved further using triangulation.

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Triangulation, is a way researchers do to validate the participants' responses for the case study. This can be done through conducting interviews with people who are not related to the subject.

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