Questionnaires
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- Created on: 14-12-12 09:57
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- Questionnaires
- 3 types
- Structured
- Pre-determined questions, with fixed choice responses
- Semi-Structured
- Researcher used pre-determined questions with a mixture of fixed and open ended responses
- Open-Ended
- No pre-determined questions, the ppt will be asked to comment on a specific topic
- Structured
- Advantages
- Allows insight that can't be discovered through experiments/observations
- Peoples beliefs, attitudes and opinions
- A number of variables can be measured at the same time
- Usually cheap and easy to carry out
- Large samples can be examined at the same time
- Allows insight that can't be discovered through experiments/observations
- Disadvantages
- Doesn't establish cause and effect as results may be influenced by exteneous variables
- Participants may not respond truthfully due to social desirability
- Social Desriability - When a person answers in a way which reflects them in a positive, socially acceptable manner
- 3 types
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