Research instruments

Questionnaires
1. Purpose
  1. Transmission
    1. Information
      1. Useful
      2. Accurate
2. Questions
  1. Types
    1. closed
    2. Multiple choice
    3. Ranking questions
    4. Open-ended
3. Types
  1. Mail survey
  2. Group administered
  3. Household drop-off
Interviews
1. Stages
  1. 1) Draft the interview
    1. Questions
      1. Number
      2. Type
      3. Format
  2. 2) Pilot the questions
  3. 3) Select interviewees
  4. 4) Conduct the interviews
  5. 5) Analyse the interview data
2. Types
  1. Structured
  2. Semi-structured
  3. Unstructured
Content analysis
1. Conceptual analysis
  1. Frequency of concepts
2. Stages
  1. 1) Identify the topic
  2. 2) Establish content categories
  3. 3) Test the categories
  4. 4) Collect data
  5. 5) Analyse content of data
3. Qualitative content analysis
  1. Data
    1. Richness
    2. Complexity
Focus groups
1. Qualitative method
  1. To gather
    1. Data
      1. Rich
      2. Descriptive
  2. Emphasis on
    1. Participant's
      1. experiences
      2. interests
      3. attitudes
      4. Perspectives
      5. Assumptions
2. Informal discussion
  1. Carefully planned
  2. Moderated
3. 5 S's of focus groups
  1. synergism
  2. snowballing
  3. stimulation
  4. security
  5. spontaneity
Observation
1. It involves
  1. Seeing people in action
  2. Intense social interaction
    1. Researcher
    2. Subjects
  3. Understanding how people
    1. act
    2. interpret
    3. Understand
2. It is
  1. Systematic
    1. It includes:
      1. listening
      2. participating
      3. contributing
      4. pursuing
      5. questioning
      6. communicating
      7. interacting
      8. sharing
      9. negotiating
      10. recording
      11. describing
3. Checklisrt
  1. space
  2. actor
  3. activity
  4. object
  5. act
  6. event
  7. time
  8. goal
  9. feeling

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