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GCSE Sociology · key term
A set of written questions answered by respondents.
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A set of written questions that respondents answer, often by completing it themselves.
Revise: Qualitative and Quantitative MethodsA questionnaire can collect numbers through closed questions and detailed written answers through open questions. Observation can produce descriptive field notes or counts of particular activities.
Questionnaires, interviews and observations can produce different kinds of data depending on how they are designed.
Do not assume that all interviews produce qualitative data or that all questionnaires produce quantitative data. Consider the questions and answers used.
Do not assume that every questionnaire produces only quantitative data: open questions can produce qualitative answers.
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A set of structured, standardised questions used to collect information from respondents; it may contain open and closed questions.
A structured, standardised set of questions given to respondents, which may include open and closed questions.
A predetermined set of questions used to collect information from respondents.
Component 1
A set of written questions that respondents complete to provide information for research.
Revise: Qualitative and Quantitative MethodsThe distinction concerns the information collected, not simply the name of the method: questionnaires and observations can produce either kind of data, depending on how they are designed.
