Research methods - questionnaires

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  • Created on: 04-03-20 11:11
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      • strengths
        • they can be economical
          • large amounts of research data for relatively low costs can be  made.
        • information can be easily converted to quantitative data
          • allowing statistical analysis of the data
        • the questions are standardised
          • all the participants are asked the same questions in the same order
            • can be replicated easily and so has a good reliability
      • limitations
        • lack detail
          • responses are fixed and so there is less scope for the respondents to supply
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      • strengths
        • rich qualitative data
          • respondent can give why they have a certain attitude
      • limitations
        • time consuming to collect data
          • so a smaller sample size is obtained
        • time consuming to analyse the data
          • because of the data being qualitative
        • not easy for the respondents that aren't so educated to answer
          • can be hard to generalise or people may lie about their opinion

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