Qualitative data a mixture of different These include rating scales, open and question types. closed questions Quantitative data Time should be taken to devise any Collate responses as a questionnaires carefully looking at Interviewer bias group or individually/in pairs. possible pitfall and carrying out a pilot Present qualitative and within the group or target population to Cause-effect link quantitative data in avoid error appropriate formats. Advantages of this method in avoiding Questionnaire effects caused by the presence of the Look at examples of census researcher Rating questionnaires and discuss Limitations should include low return uses of the data collected. rate from respondents leading to a Likert scale self-selected and unrepresentative British Crime Survey, victim sample. Open questions surveys and self-report studies as examples of Observation Closed questions research into crime and deviance. This is a way of measuring the Target population frequencies of a small range of Observational study of the behaviours using a prepared list of Pilot study school/college common behaviour categories room. Tally charts to record Observation studies vary in two main Return rate certain types of behaviour. ways. Firstly the choice between participant and non-participant Sample observation. Secondly the choice between overt and covert research. Self-selected Limitations including the possible effect sample of being observed on the behaviour and physiological state of the Unrepresentative participants, ethical issues of privacy sample and inability to reveal cause-effect links. Overt observation
These include rating scales, open and closed questions Time should be taken to devise any questionnaires carefully looking at possible pitfall and carrying out a pilot within the group or target population to avoid error Advantages of this method in avoiding effects caused by the presence of the researcher Limitations should include low return rate from respondents leading to a self-selected and unrepresentative sample. Observation This is a way of measuring the frequencies of a small range of behaviours using a prepared list of behaviour categories Observation studies vary in two main ways. Firstly the choice between participant and non-participant observation. Secondly the choice between overt and covert research. Limitations including the possible effect of being observed on the behaviour and physiological state of the participants, ethical issues of privacy and inability to reveal cause-effect links. Qualitative data Quantitative data Interviewer bias Cause-effect link Questionnaire Rating Likert scale Open questions Closed questions Target population Pilot study Return rate Sample Self-selected sample Unrepresentative sample Overt observation a mixture of different question types. Collate responses as a group or individually/in pairs. Present qualitative and quantitative data in appropriate formats. Look at examples of census questionnaires and discuss uses of the data collected. British Crime Survey, victim surveys and self-report studies as examples of research into crime and deviance. Observational study of the school/college common room. Tally charts to record certain types of behaviour.
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