Questionnaires

what is a questionnaire?

what are the strengths and weaknesses?

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  • Created by: hanz
  • Created on: 02-12-12 17:14
What is a questionnaire?
a questionnaire is a list of written questions which are completed by a number of repondents
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What are the 3 main types of questionnaire?
postal self-completion, self-completion by hand & structured interview questionnaire
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What is an open question?
an open question is where respondents are given space to write what they want in their own words
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What is a closed question?
a closed question is where the respondent is presented with a list of possible options and must tick the one which is correct/which they most agree with
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What are the strengths of questionnaires?
relatively easy and cheap so can target a large sample, gains lots of data, closed questions are good for gathering quantitative data, respondent's shouldn't have problems answering and so makes them quick and easy
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What are the weaknessess of questionnaires?
closed questions unlikely to provide detailed answers, many people can't be bothered and so you receive a low response rate, closed questions reduce validity as people tick the box nearest to what they think, any leading questions may bias answers
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This is so amazing thank you so much xxxx

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