self report + interviews

• What is a self-report?

  A method to obtain data by asking participants to provide information about themselves
• What are the types of self-report methods?

  • Self-report technique
  • Questionnaires
  • Open and closed questions
  • Likert scale
  • Rating scale
  • Fixed choice option
  • Leading questions
  • Jargon
• What are the types of interviews used in self-reports?

  • Structured interviews: mainly closed questions
  • Unstructured interviews: mix of open and closed questions
  • Semi-structured interviews: mainly open questions
• What characterizes structured interviews?

  They mainly ask closed questions
• What is the main feature of unstructured interviews?

  They ask a mix of open and closed questions
• What is the primary focus of semi-structured interviews?

  They mainly ask open questions
• How do structured, unstructured, and semi-structured interviews differ?

  • Structured: mainly closed questions
  • Unstructured: mix of open and closed questions
  • Semi-structured: mainly open questions
• what is a questionnaire?

  a self report method that uses written questions
• what are closed questions?

  questions which restrict ppts to one set of possible answers
• what are open questions?

  questions that allow ppts to provide more detailed repsonses on how they think + feel
• what is a rating scale?

  a numerical scale where ppts indicate a choice by one number - providing quantitative data
• what is a likert scale?

  type of question that measures attitudes using a statement to which ppts respond by choosing an option - typically 'strongly agree' +'agree' etc
• what is a semantic differential

  type of rating scale that allows ppts to choose on a scale between two extremes using an opposing pair of descriptive words - eg. 'weak' +'strong'
• what is a structured interview?

  a standardised interview that predominantly asks closed questions in a fixed order
• what is a semi-structured interview?

  an interview method that combines open-ended and structured questions (interviewer can add additional questions if needed)
• what is an unstructured interview?

  an interview that generally begins with a standard question for all ppts but then questions depend on ppts answers (uses open ended questions)
• structured interview example

  • multiple choice questions
  • dichotomous questions (eg. true or false + yes or no questions)