Questionnaires
- Created by: SamihaBegum
- Created on: 31-01-17 12:24
-Questionnaires mainly use closed questions and multiple-choice answers
-Some questionnaires use open-ended questions. e.g. "What's your favourite fish?"
-The reliability and validity of a questionnaire depends on how it's designed
- Closed questions give you quantitative data, which positivists like
- Open-ended questions can give you some insight into meanings and motives. They give you qualitative data, which interpretivists prefer
Questionanires should...
1) Use clear, simple questions which are easy to understand
2) Give clear instuctions and make it easy for the respondent
3) Have a clear layout that doesn't intimate people
4) Give a range of options on multiple-choice questions
5) Measure what you want to measure
Questionnaires shouldn't...
1) Ask embarrassing, threatening or complex questions
2) Ask two questions instead of one
3) Be too long
4) Use sociological terms that few people understand
5) Lead the respondent to answer a question in a particular way
-Questionnaires can be used to investgate topics such as TV viewing habits, purchasing habits, voting behaviour and experiences of crime
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