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Questionnaires - Coggle Diagram
Questionnaires
Quantitative Data
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Can be used to investigate topics such as TV viewing habits, purchasing habits, voting behaviour and experiences of crime
The Crime Survey for England and Wales is a questionnaire that's carried out continually by the British Government
Survey about 38,000 people a year and publish news results annually
The British Social Attitudes Survey is carried out annually by the National Centre for Social Research
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Disadvantages
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Respondents can't give extra information, even if it would be helpful to the researcher
Because they fill it in on their own, there's no one there to explain the questions if they don't understand them
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Questionnaires should
Use clear, simple questions that are easy to understand
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Questionnaires shouldn't
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Ask embarrassing, threatening or complex questions
Advantages
Easy to administer, and can collect a lot of data in a short time
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A large sample can be used, so if it's representative the questionnaires should produce representative data that can be used to make generalisations