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Questions, questionnaires and data types
Open questions- these generate qualitive data.
Closed questions- these generate quantitative data.
Likert scale- a statement and a scale of set answers
e.g. I like school
Strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, strongly disagree
Filler question- these hide the true purpose of the questionnaire to avoid
Vague questions- are bad because people will not be able to answer them
true fully. This means your questionnaire will lack internal validity.
Double barred questions- ask 2 questions at the same time, so participants
find it hard to know which to answer.
Leading question- can give participants the answer leading to biased results.
Written data about emotions, feeling and opinions.
Data which can be easily summarised as amounts, it is usually numerical.