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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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