Deck 7: Interview Methods Asking People Direct Questions

Question 1

1) In a semi-structured interview:

A) The sequence of questioning is strictly organised
B) The interviewer tends to alter questioning according to the interviewee's responses
C) The interviewer maintains a formal questioning environment
D) Probes and prompts are very rarely used

Answer 1

B

Question 2

2) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of closed questions:

A) Results are easy to quantify
B) Reliability can be assessed
C) Respondents find it easy to express themselves fully
D) Results of similar studies can easily be compared

Answer 2

C

Question 3

3) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of open questions:

A) Respondents find it easy to express themselves fully
B) The interview can feel more like a natural conversation
C) Responses can be rich and full
D) Results are easy to quantify

Answer 3

D

Question 4

4) When a transcription of an interview is made:

A) Every word is converted from electronic recording into the written word
B) The gist of what was said in the recording is converted into the written word
C) The process takes not much longer than it took to interview in the first place
D) The researcher transcribes only what was interesting into the written word

Question 5

5) An advantage of more structured interviews is that:

A) They are likely to feel like normal conversation to the interviewee
B) It is easy to adapt questions to the responses of the interviewee
C) The data gathered are more easily compared with other data and replicated
D) There are greater problems with reliability and generalisation than with less structured approaches

Question 6

6) Non-directive interviews are used mainly in:

A) Clinical practice
B) Academic research
C) Experiments
D) Social psychology

Question 7

7) Prompts are:

A) General requests for further information
B) Supplementary questions not directed to the interview topic
C) Supplementary questions used if the interviewee does not volunteer the required information
D) Supplementary questions used even if the interviewee volunteers the required information

Question 8

8) Probes are:

A) General requests for further information
B) Supplementary questions not directed to the interview topic
C) Supplementary questions used if the interviewee does not volunteer the required information
D) Supplementary questions used even if the interviewee volunteers the required information

Question 9

9) A survey usually involves:

A) The use of in depth informal interviews on a small sample
B) The use of in depth interviews on a relatively large sample
C) The use of a structured questionnaire on a large sample
D) The use of non-directive interviews on a relatively large sample

Question 10

10) A survey:

A) can only be conducted face to face
B) cannot be conducted by telephone
C) cannot be conducted via e-mail
D) can be conducted in several ways including face to face, telephone or e-mail