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Why are questionnaires popular |
Due to the considerable range of activities they offer to researchers whatb |
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What is one practical advantage |
They are a quick and cheap means of gathering large amounts of data from large numbers of peoplewjo |
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Who posted 4000 questionnaires in their research of influences for those in the working class for going to uni |
Dewson and Connor |
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Why aren’t interviewers necessary |
Respondents complete and return the questionnaires themselves |
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Why are questionnaires reliable |
Everyone who takes one gets an identical one |
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Why are postal or online questionnaires popular |
There is no researcher present to influence the decision |
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Why are questionnaires popular amongst positivist sociologists |
They enable people to identify possible causes |
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What other reason do positivist sociologists prefer questionnaires |
They are an objective and detached method |
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What is a practical problem of questionnaires |
They tend to be limited and superficial |
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Why are questionnaires seen as superficial and limited |
People are not likely to complete and return a long time consuming questionnaire |
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Who sent out 100k questionnaires and only got back 4.5% |
Hite |
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Why are many questionnaires not responded to |
Faulty question design such as complex language |
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How are questionnaires inflexible |
Once a questionnaire is finalised the researcher is stuck with the questions they didn’t ask |
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How are questionnaires snapshots |
They only give a picture of social reality at the moment the questionnaires is taken |
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Which Interpretivist argues answers from questionnaires lack validity and don’t give a true picture of what has been studied |
Cicourel |