WorksheetsResearch methods part 3 (1)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following are self-report techniques?
Questionnaires
Correlations
Interviews
Laboratory experiments
What type of question is this: How do you feel about coming back to school?
Open
Closed
Qualitative
Quantitative
Which of the following is a closed question?
Describe your ideal holiday.
How do you feel about horror films?
Do you like dogs? Yes/No
Explain why you would like to work for this company.
Which is the best definition of a Likert-type scale?
A question that doesn't have pre-set responses
A type of closed question where participants have to judge how much they agree with a statement
A type of open question
A type of closed question with a set of options to choose from
Which of the following is a strength of using open questions?
They produce qualitative data so are difficult to analyse (subjective)
They allow participants to explain their answers more freely so are likely to be more valid
They don't allow participants to explain their answers so are more likely to be invalid
They produce quantitative data so are easy to analyse (objective)
Which of the following is a weakness of using closed questions?
They produce qualitative data so are difficult to analyse (subjective)
They allow participants to explain their answers more freely so are likely to be more valid
They don't allow participants to explain their answers so are more likely to be invalid
They produce quantitative data so are easy to analyse (objective)
Which is the best definition of social desirability bias?
A type of question that has pre-set responses
Only certain types of people will return the questionnaire
An interview that doesn't have pre-set questions
When participants answer in a way that makes them seem acceptable to others, rather than their true answer
Which would be the most appropriate elaboration of the point: Questionnaire are ethical because people can quite easily choose not to complete them.
This makes it hard to generalise the results.
This means that they can be more cost-efficient.
Therefore, participants can give informed consent.
Therefore, the results may be invalid.
Which would be the most appropriate elaboration of the point: Respondents may misunderstand the questions and may answer in a way that doesn't represent their true views.
This makes it hard to generalise the results.
This means that they can be more cost-efficient.
Therefore, participants can give informed consent.
Therefore, the results may be invalid.
Select all types of interviews.
Structured
Unstructured
Semi-structured
Informal
When would it be most suitable to use a structured interview?
In large scale studies where many participants are being interviewed by many interviewers.
In a small scale study where interviewers want to gather in depth information.
Which of the following is a strength of using interviews?
Interviews can suffer from social desirability bias, and therefore results are invalid.
Interviews can be very time consuming and required a well trained interviewer.
Interviews allow access to what people think, feel and belief in a way that would be difficult to achieve with an experiment.
Interviews can produce interviewer bias, and therefore the results may be invalid.
Which of the following is a weakness of using interviews?
Structured interviews can be easily replicated, due to standardised interview schedules.
Structured interviews can gather lots of data for many people relatively quickly.
Interviews allow access to what people think, feel and belief in a way that would be difficult to achieve with an experiment.
Interviews can produce interviewer bias, and therefore the results may be invalid.
