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What is a self-report method?
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Gathering data by asking people about their own thoughts, feelings or behaviour.
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What is a questionnaire?
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A written set of questions given to many people; efficient and often quantitative.
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What is a structured interview?
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An interview with fixed questions asked the same way each time — easy to compare.
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What is an unstructured interview?
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A free conversation guided by topics — rich data, but hard to compare.
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What is social desirability bias?
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Answering to look good rather than truthfully.
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What is a leading question?
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A question that pushes the respondent towards a particular answer.
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One strength of self-report?
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It reaches thoughts and feelings that cannot be observed.
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One limitation of self-report?
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Answers may be dishonest (social desirability) or inaccurate.
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How do you reduce social desirability bias?
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Use anonymous questionnaires and neutral wording; build trust in interviews.
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Which concept does self-report link to?
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Measurement — it turns private experience into comparable data.
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