Patrol Response Survey

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