Self Report-Questionaires

• Surveys can be considered ethical= P’s are aware being studied, anonymity, protection of P, right to withdraw
• Purpose of pilot study=check that Q are unambiguous and easy for participant to understand=increases reliability and validity of data collected
• Open Questions (Qualitative)

  Allows P to ans in own words,  more difficult  to analyse but greater depth of info and freedom of expression

  +Less chance of researcher bias especially if questionnaire is anonymous as answers in own words without researcher input

  -Difficult to analyse as lots of in-depth responses that differ from person to person so analysis is time consuming and subjective
• Closed Questions (fixed)(Quantitative)

  Involve simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ ans or range of fixed responses, easy to score but restricts answers

  +Quantitative data is easy to analyse results statistically or in a graph, easy to make direct comparisons between groups.

  -Participants cant elaborate so cant gain understanding about the reason behind response.

  -Fixed choice may not offer all possible responses, invalid response=invalid results