PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Confidence Interval, Sample Size Determination, Sampling Frame
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Asking some demographic info is necessary to adequately describe your sample: behaviours questions that focus on past behaviours or intended future behaviours. Double-barrelled questions: questions that ask 2 things at once, e. g. should senior citizens be given more money for rec centres and food assistance programs?" you should ask questions with 2 issues separately. Negative wording: avoid phrasing w/ negatives, e. g. do you believe that the city should not approve the proposed women"s shelter?". Agreement with this question means disagreement w/ the proposal: a better way to say the question is do you believe that the city should approve the proposed women"s shelter?". Labelling response alternatives: when labelling only end responses on a scale, respondents decide what the middle measures mean, however, research shows that fully labelled scales are more reliable. Administering surveys: 2 ways to administer surveys: use questionnaires, other is interview format.