A story completion task is..
where participants complete a story stem or continue on from a story stem.
a series of open-ended questions
where participants read a short piece of writing before answering a series of questions.
Story completion tasks are a projective elaboration experiential( projective, elaboration, experiential ) technique.
The story needs to be meaningful to participants.
Some aspects of the story can be made ❌ to uncover ❌ about a topic.
Piloting is not crucial for story completion tasks.
Strengths of using a story completion task include: (5)
useful for exploring perceptions, views and opinions.
useful for comparative designs.
useful way of accessing assumptions and hidden meanings.
useful for researching sensitive topics.
allows data collection from a large number of participants relatively quickly.
data is less predictable
Weaknesses of using a story completion task include: (3)
data is less predictable.
wide variation in stories.
data generated can be less transparent and harder to analyse.
limited flexibility in responses.
The gap between the story and reality is a weakness strength( weakness, strength ) but researchers are more concerned with the meanings interpretations flexibility( meanings, interpretations, flexibility ) participants include in their responses.
The number of participants for a story completion task is:
10-30
15-30
20-40
