Name: George Bean

Assessment Objective Two Questionnaire Tasks

Aims and Objectives
Analyse a range of different research methods

1. There are many types of questions that require different answer formats. How many different types of responses can you think of? a. Yes b. c. d. No No comment Maybe

e. Not sure f. N/A g. A value (numbers) h. Male/female i. Race j. Age

2. What is the difference between an open and closed question? a. Open If someone asked you a question you could tell them a lot about it and give them loads of information. b. closed Closed question is where you would only say yeah or no to it. You wouldnt give loads of information; its just a straight answer.

3. What dictates the style of question used? What type of question is used and what information you give. What are your hobbies? That style of question would be open because you would say a lot for your answer. Are you married?

Name: George Bean That style of question would be closed because you could just say yeah or no and that would be it. In the table below, describe the various types of question response and explain an advantage/disadvantage. Response YES NO Explanation Agreeing to something that is true. Not agreeing and putting your opinion. You dont want to answer the question. Meaning you dont what to say because its nothing to do with what you done. If you dint no a question. Advantage The truth, quicker. It could be the right answer for them. You wouldnt haft to answer the question properly if you dont want to? Make the interview go quicker, getting it over and done with. You wouldnt answer and it wouldnt be your fault. Disadvantage They might not be telling the truth. They might just say no when they want to say yeah. They wont get enough information and you might get in trouble. It wouldnt really help you. It wont make you look good in an interview. You want to answer every question really.

NO COMMENT

Im not sure

You dont know.

4. What other key issues are there regarding the use of questionnaires? a. Target audience b. c. d. What information do you need to get Appropriate and relevant questions Age type questions.

Name: George Bean

5. What is the Likert scale? What advantages are there in its use? A Likert scale is a psychometric scale commonly involved in research that employs questionnaires. It is the most widely used approach to scaling responses in survey research, such that the term is often used interchangeably with rating scale, or more accurately the Likert-type scale, even though the two are not synonymous. Advantages Likert scales are good because they show the strength of the person's feelings to whatever is in question They're easy to analyse They're easy to collect data More expansive Quick