Methods: Questonnaires Flashcards
1
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Define closed-ended questions.
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2
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Define open-ended questions.
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3
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Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:
- Practical advantages
- Reliability
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4
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Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:
- Hypothesis testing
- Detachment and objectivity
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5
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Summarise the following advantages of questionnaires:
- Representativeness
- Ethical issues
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6
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Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:
- Practical problems
- Low response rate
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7
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Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:
- Inflexibility
- Questionnaires as snapshots
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8
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Summarise the following disadvantages of questionnaires:
- Detachment
- Lying, forgetting and ‘right answerism’
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9
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Summarise the following disadvantage of questionnaires:
- Imposing the researcher’s meanings.
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10
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Give three reasons why positivists might favour questionnaires.
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11
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Give two reasons why interpretivists might reject the use of questionnaires.
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