Research methods - comparing questionnaires and interviews
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- Research methods - comparing interviews and questionnaires
- similarities
- both are types of self-report techniques
- which include set questions
- both methods can produce biased results
- tend to be quite subjective
- both are types of self-report techniques
- differences
- the questionnaire can be done on their own where as the interview is done with and interviewer
- more demand characteristic may be seen in the answers for the interview as they are under more pressure
- however it is easier to lie in a questionnaire
- questionnaire can be more internally valid
- however it is easier to lie in a questionnaire
- more demand characteristic may be seen in the answers for the interview as they are under more pressure
- questionnaires can't go into too much detail because they are fixed where as a interview can get more scope of their answer
- interviews can produce more unnecessary information
- and so less time effective
- interviews can be more prone to leading questions (especially in semi-structured or unstructured interviews)
- the questionnaire can be done on their own where as the interview is done with and interviewer
- similarities
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