METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
REDESIGNING RESEARCH TOOLS INTERVIEWS
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structured interviews have standardised questions and the answer produce reliable data because other researchers can replicate the interview.
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pre-coded responses produce quantitive data, identify and measure behaviour patterns and establish cause and effect relationships .
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structured interviews are often large scale and thus more representative.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Whereas positivists favour structured interviews as they achieve their main goals of reliability, generalisability and representative. This is because there are standardised questions and answers which produce reliable data as other researchers will then be able to replicate the interview.
Detailed explanation-2: -Structured interviews are fairly quick to conduct which means that many interviews can take place within a short amount of time. This means a large sample can be obtained, resulting in the findings being representative and having the ability to be generalized to a large population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Positivists assume that respondents understand the meaning of their questions in an identical way; construction-ists are more likely to assume that interviewees have different frames of reference and then to try to discover the lenses through which their interviewees see the world.