Questionnaires

• Which theoretical perspective values questionaries?

  Positivist
• Give practical advantages of using questionnaires:

  • Macro scale( making them representative and allowing for generalizations to be made)
  • Objective (social facts cannot be misinterpreted)
  • Anonymous (participants more likely to be honest)
• What are the theoretical advantages of questionnaires?

  • Objectivity
  • Reliability
• Which theory would not value questionnaires?

  Interpretivism
• What are the theoretical disadvantages of questionnaires?

  • Response Bias
  • Low in validity
  • Verstehen