questionnares
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- Created on: 09-10-21 12:46
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- Questionnares
- they are the main method for gathering data in social surveys, data obtained
- open ended: respondents are free to give whatever answer they wish
- pros: produce more valid data, detail and depth answers
- cons: range of answers make it difficult to classify and quantify results
- close ended: respondents must choose from a limited range of answer they offer to researchers
- cons: unclear questions, imposition problem
- pros: fairly quick to complete, produce standardized data, easy to classify, allow comparisons to be made
- ADVANTAGES
- quick and cheap, no need to recruit and train interviews more data gathered from a larger number of people
- positivists favor questionnaires because they are detached and objective (unbiased) method, fewer ethical problems
- data is usually to quantify, more representative,reliable method
- ADVANTAGES
- quick and cheap, no need to recruit and train interviews more data gathered from a larger number of people
- positivists favor questionnaires because they are detached and objective (unbiased) method, fewer ethical problems
- data is usually to quantify, more representative,reliable method
- DIS ADVANTAGES
- practical problems- tend to be limited and superficial, only a snapshot, fail to produce a fully valid picture
- inflexible method, detachment, lying, forgetting and right answerism, imposing the researchers meanings
- Questionnares
- they are the main method for gathering data in social surveys, data obtained
- open ended: respondents are free to give whatever answer they wish
- pros: produce more valid data, detail and depth answers
- cons: range of answers make it difficult to classify and quantify results
- close ended: respondents must choose from a limited range of answer they offer to researchers
- cons: unclear questions, imposition problem
- pros: fairly quick to complete, produce standardized data, easy to classify, allow comparisons to be made
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