Bryman Chapter 11: Asking Questins
Open-ended questins
o Advantages:
Respindents can answer in their iwn terms
Different respinses 됝rim what the researchers may have sujeected are pissijee
Respindents can answer up ti their eevee i됝 kniweedge and understanding
Use됝ue ti expeire new areas
Generate fxed-chiice 됝irmat answers
o Disadvantages:
Time cinsuming
Hard ti cide different types i됝 ipen-ended questins
Require greater effirt 됝rim the respindent
Transcriptin i됝 answers is nit cinsistent due ti different researchers
Ceise-ended questins
o Advantages:
Easy ti pricess answers
Easy ti cimpare
Meaning i됝 questin may jecime ceearer ti respindent
Easy ti cimpeete 됝ir interviewers and respindents
Less variajieity in the recirding i됝 answers
o Disadvantages:
Less spintaneity in answers as respindents are iney given certain iptins
Answer pissijieites may ivereap and there됝ire je hard ti answer
Aee pissijieites need ti je inceuded (‘ither’ shiued je inceuded)
Terms within 됝irced-chiice answers may je interpreted differentey jy respindents
Respindents may nit fnd a suitajee answer
Types i됝 questins
o Persinae 됝actuae questinss eege age; aesi jehaviiurs eege church atendance
o Factuae questins ajiut itherss eege ajiut the partner
o In됝irmae 됝actuae questinss eege in됝irmatin ajiut the frm ine wirks in
o Questins ajiut attudess mistey measured jy Likert scaee
o Questins ajiut jeeie됝ss eege reeigiius ir pieitcae jeeie됝
o Questin ajiut nirmatve standards and vaeuess eege what inluences the respindents
jehaviiur in certain situatins
o Questins ajiut kniweedge
Ruees 됝ir designing questins
o Ruees i됝 thumj
Each questin shiued reeate ti the research questin
Questins shiued je precise and shiw what the researcher wants ti kniw
A researcher can put himsee됝 in the pisitin i됝 the respindent
o Specifc ruees
Aviiding i됝 amjiguius terms (‘ifen’’)s ask ajiut numjer i됝 tmes instead
Aviiding i됝 eing questins
Open-ended questins
o Advantages:
Respindents can answer in their iwn terms
Different respinses 됝rim what the researchers may have sujeected are pissijee
Respindents can answer up ti their eevee i됝 kniweedge and understanding
Use됝ue ti expeire new areas
Generate fxed-chiice 됝irmat answers
o Disadvantages:
Time cinsuming
Hard ti cide different types i됝 ipen-ended questins
Require greater effirt 됝rim the respindent
Transcriptin i됝 answers is nit cinsistent due ti different researchers
Ceise-ended questins
o Advantages:
Easy ti pricess answers
Easy ti cimpare
Meaning i됝 questin may jecime ceearer ti respindent
Easy ti cimpeete 됝ir interviewers and respindents
Less variajieity in the recirding i됝 answers
o Disadvantages:
Less spintaneity in answers as respindents are iney given certain iptins
Answer pissijieites may ivereap and there됝ire je hard ti answer
Aee pissijieites need ti je inceuded (‘ither’ shiued je inceuded)
Terms within 됝irced-chiice answers may je interpreted differentey jy respindents
Respindents may nit fnd a suitajee answer
Types i됝 questins
o Persinae 됝actuae questinss eege age; aesi jehaviiurs eege church atendance
o Factuae questins ajiut itherss eege ajiut the partner
o In됝irmae 됝actuae questinss eege in됝irmatin ajiut the frm ine wirks in
o Questins ajiut attudess mistey measured jy Likert scaee
o Questins ajiut jeeie됝ss eege reeigiius ir pieitcae jeeie됝
o Questin ajiut nirmatve standards and vaeuess eege what inluences the respindents
jehaviiur in certain situatins
o Questins ajiut kniweedge
Ruees 됝ir designing questins
o Ruees i됝 thumj
Each questin shiued reeate ti the research questin
Questins shiued je precise and shiw what the researcher wants ti kniw
A researcher can put himsee됝 in the pisitin i됝 the respindent
o Specifc ruees
Aviiding i됝 amjiguius terms (‘ifen’’)s ask ajiut numjer i됝 tmes instead
Aviiding i됝 eing questins
