Questionnaires
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- Created on: 30-01-20 20:09
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- Questionnaire
- Self-report technique investigating people`s beliefs, options and attitudes first hand
- No interviewer needed to administer questionnaire; it can be posted by mail or online
- Suitable for a large number of people that need to be surveyed at one time
- Can be designed to ask different types of questions
- Close-ended Questions
- Designed with a pre-set list of answers that respondents can choose from
- Yes/No or Choose 1 of the options
- Designed with a pre-set list of answers that respondents can choose from
- Open-ended Questions
- No pre-set responses but allow respondent to answer freely, using prose
- How do you feel about animal research?
- No pre-set responses but allow respondent to answer freely, using prose
- Close-ended Questions
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Cheap way to get data for a large sample
- Ethical as people can choose not to complete it
- No interviewer so reduced social desirability
- Low response rate
- Close-ended questions might not offer right option or allow PP to explain their choice
- Quantitative data produced that is easily analysed and objective
- Open-ended questions are harder to analyse
- Provides freedom for response
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