self-report techniques

• self reports can be either verbal (interviews) or written (questionnaires)
• what is probably the most common self-report technique?

  questionnaires
• what can a questionnaire be used for?


  to asses the dependant variable
• what is an open question?


  A question that cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no" and requires a more detailed response.

  • produces more qualitative data
  • can be difficult to analyse
• what is a closed question?


  A question that can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no" is a closed question.

  • more quantitative data
• what are structured interviews


  pre-determined set of questions that are asked in a fixed order.
• what are unstructured interviews


  general aim but no set questions
• what is a semi-structured interview?


  a job interview is an example, a list of questions but interviewers also feel free to ask follow-up questions based on previous answers.