Reliability

• How should participants be referred to in research?

  By numbers or initials
• What does reliability in research refer to?

  A measure of consistency
• Which research methods tend to be the most reliable?

  Quantitative methods
• What is a characteristic of laboratory experiments?

  They are controlled and easy to repeat
• What should happen in interviews/questionnaires for reliability?

  The same person should answer consistently
• Which type of questions are likely to be more reliable in research?

  Closed questions
• What is interobserver reliability in observations?

  Two observers produce the same observations
• How reliable are qualitative methods compared to quantitative methods?

  Less reliable
• Why are case studies and unstructured interviews considered less reliable?

  They are difficult to repeat in the same way
• What are the key differences between quantitative and qualitative methods in terms of reliability?

  • Quantitative methods:
  • Tend to be more reliable
  • Controlled and repeatable
  • Qualitative methods:
  • Less reliable
  • Difficult to repeat consistently