Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Research Methods
- Survey&Questionnaire
- Survey invloves collecting information from
more than a few people. And the usual
method is by Questionnaires.
- Questionnaires are a list of questions, they can be
open or closed. Researchers usually try out their
Questions on a small number of people to see ..
Anmerkungen:
- Open - ( What is your favorite school dinner?)
Closed - ( Do you like school dinners?)
- ..... if it can be improved, This is called Pilot Study.
- Interviews
- An Interview is a meeting between 2
or more people where one of them
trying to get information.
- There are 3 types of interviews Structured,
Unstructured and Semi-Structured
- Semi-Structured Interview is a mixture of structured
and unstructured. There are set Questions but the
Interviewer is free to add new ones.
- Observations
- Observation involves watching an activity to
learn something about the people doing it. There
are different types of this,
- Participant/Non-participant/Covert/Overt
- There is more Ethical Issues for this type of research
e.g. People have the right to know they are being
observed.