social surveys

Created by: Charlie Fink
Created on: 02-11-14 13:03

mailed or emailed to the respndent who completes it and sends it back to the researcher.

postal questionnaires

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the researcher hands the questionnaire to the respondent and returns to collect the completed questionnaire.

hand delivered questionnaires

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the interviewer reads the questions from the interview schedule and the respondent gives his or her answers there and then.

formal or structured interviews

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requires respondents to choose between a number of given answers.

closed questions

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this enables respondents to put forward their answers to the set questions.

open questions.

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respondents answers can be compared and any differences highlighted. each respondent answers an identical set of questions.

advantages of postal questionnaires

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questions may be misunderstood by respondents and answered incorrectly as the researcher is not present. The respondent may not fully complete the questionnaire.

disadvantages of postal questionnaires

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each interviewee responds to the same set of questions asked in exactly the same way. The researcher is able to compare interviewees responses.

advantages of structured interviews

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the interview situation may influence interviewees to give answers which they think are socially acceptable or which show them in a positive light. Interviewees might not reveal their true thoughts or behaviour.

disadvantages of structured interviews

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the researcher hands the questionnaire to the respondent and returns to collect the completed questionnaire.

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hand delivered questionnaires

Card 3

Front

the interviewer reads the questions from the interview schedule and the respondent gives his or her answers there and then.

Back

Card 4

Front

requires respondents to choose between a number of given answers.

Back

Card 5

Front

this enables respondents to put forward their answers to the set questions.

Back

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