Patrol Response Survey
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Self Reports
The most obvious way to find out what a person feels, thinks or does is to ask them
Finding Out
Questionnaires/Interviews
They can be( ),which means that there is a set of ( ) questions
Or, they can be unstructured which means that questions are developed as the interview goes along.
We will mainly concentrate on structured techniques and in particular ( )
Commonly, questionnaires require short responses and allow us to easily compare the results between one person and another and to calculate ( ).
Questionnaires and Interviews
Designing a questionnaire survey
Strengths of questionnaires
Many people can be tested ( )It is easy to generate quantitative data and easy to analyse
Used to collect large amounts of data about what people ( )as well as what they do!
Convenient - researcher does not need to be present as answers can be mailed so respondent has time to consider answers.
Can quickly show changes in ( )before and after specific events
Weaknesses
( )- people say what they think looks good
People( ), especially on sensitive issues, for example, sexual behaviour
If researcher is present then this may affect answers. Also, postal surveys may have
( )
Difficult to phrase questions clearly, you may obtain ( )of questions
Interviews
Interviews( ), these can be unstructured, apparently informal chats, or they can be formal, structured interviews with pre-determined questions. For example, clinical tests used in psychiatry.
Interviews are recorded for later, ( )
Strengths
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