Self-Report

• Self Report


  Participant revealing personal information in a series of Questions
• Interviews


  Direct questioning from researcher
• Questionnaires


  Indirect questioning through completing a form
• Open Questions


  Phrased for participants to answer in any way they feel is suited
• Closed Questions


  Phrased to limit the answer of participants e.g. scales, multiple choice
• Avoid complex terminology


  Participants may be too embarassed to ask for meaning, leading to wrong answers
• Reword Questions


  Make questions more simpler without changing the correct response aim
• Leading Questions


  Reduce leading questions to prevent participant giving desired answer, to reduce bias
• Piloting Questions


  Small scale set of questions used to test and be able to change anything before the actual study
• Filler Questions

  Including filler questions not aimed to the study to build rapport or direct attention away from aim
• Structured Interviews


  Prepared list of questions, not requiring a skilled researcher, however it does not allow for follow up questions
• Semi-Structured Interviews


  Combination of questions to build more rapport and gain more detail, requiring a high skilled researcher
• Unstructured Interview


  No set list of questions, allowing a high skilled researcher to ask questions to gain more detail, however data is difficult to compare
• (+) A03: Replicate


  Easy to replicate studies due to standardised questions
• (-) A03: Bias


  Study may result in numerous versions of bias