QUESTIONNAIRES Evaluation Points Ethical Issues Process of Research Strengths and Weaknesses Right to Withdraw The participants must be able to drop out at any time. Practical Validity Can be overcome by researcher telling Reliable Rapport participants that they can research at any Generalisable Response time. Rate Informed Consent Can gain Can’t use The participants must be told about the research response with ppts before they take part and give permission to take from a large who are part number of illiterate or Participants can sign a consent form at the start of participants. may not research to say they are happy to take part and Data easy to understand understand the conditions of the research. analyse. questions. It Vulnerable Groups is easy to lie. You have to protect vulnerable people such as INTERVIEWS children or the disabled. Ethical Time Gain consent from parents or guardians of Response consuming vulnerable people, as well as the individuals Rate Unreliable themselves. Valid (If Biased Protection from Harm unstructured) Participants must not be harmed in anyway during research. Participants The Ensure participants leave the research in the same can open up transcription physical and psychological state they entered in if they want of interview Confidentiality and Anonymity to and will data takes a You have to ensure that when research is published give consent significant you have kept people confidential and not used their otherwise amount of real names to protect them. they time. Ensure that when research is published names are wouldn’t be changed and data is kept on a password protected taking part. computer. OBSERVATIONS Validity Unethical Rapport Biased Triangulation Unreliable When used Practically Sampling with the and ethically methods you very can get difficult. brilliant data. Problems with subjectivity and ‘going native’. Key Terms Participant: Someone who takes part in research. Quantitative Data: Data which has a numerical value and can be turned into statistics or put into graphs. Qualitative Data: Data which is written in words. These may be attitudes, opinions or experiences expressed in a written format.
QUESTIONNAIRES Evaluation Points Ethical Issues Process of Research Strengths and Weaknesses Right to Withdraw The participants must be able to drop out at any time. Can be overcome by researcher telling participants that they can research at any time. Informed Consent The participants must be told about the research before they take part and give permission to take part Participants can sign a consent form at the start of research to say they are happy to take part and understand the conditions of the research. Vulnerable Groups You have to protect vulnerable people such as children or the disabled. Gain consent from parents or guardians of vulnerable people, as well as the individuals themselves. Protection from Harm Participants must not be harmed in anyway during research. Ensure participants leave the research in the same physical and psychological state they entered in Confidentiality and Anonymity You have to ensure that when research is published you have kept people confidential and not used their real names to protect them. Ensure that when research is published names are changed and data is kept on a password protected computer. Practical Reliable Generalisable Validity Rapport Response Rate Can gain response from a large number of participants. Data easy to analyse. Can’t use with ppts who are illiterate or may not understand questions. It is easy to lie. INTERVIEWS Ethical Response Rate Valid (If unstructured) Time consuming Unreliable Biased Participants can open up if they want to and will give consent otherwise they wouldn’t be taking part. The transcription of interview data takes a significant amount of time. OBSERVATIONS Validity Rapport Triangulation Unethical Biased Unreliable When used with the methods you can get brilliant data. Practically and ethically very difficult. Problems with subjectivity and ‘going native’. Sampling Key Terms Participant: Someone who takes part in research. Quantitative Data: Data which has a numerical value and can be turned into statistics or put into graphs. Qualitative Data: Data which is written in words. These may be attitudes, opinions or experiences expressed in a written format.
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