by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
All interviews are interaction situations. Both the interviewer and the interviewee come to the situation with a whole set of characteristics. Discuss in a group each of the following characteristics and explain in what ways each might affect the interview situation –...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
Click here for the British Crime Survey questions used in 2008. Officially described as a questionnaire, the survey is actually a list of questions used by an interviewer. Find answers to the following: How long is the ‘questionnaire’? The interviewer is given very...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
Question 1: ‘What people say they do and what they actually do are not necessarily the same thing’. Why is this such a problem for interviewers? Question 2: Think about fictional examples of police interviews with criminals in police stations that you have seen on...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Questionnaires A2
Here is a list of dos and don’ts when designing questionnaires DO… DON’T… Give clear instructions and explanations on how to complete the questions. Make your questionnaire too long. Have a clear layout to follow and record answers. Have too few categories...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Questionnaires A2
In pairs, work through the first few stages of designing a survey – choose a topic, formulate a hypothesis and then design ten questions to test that hypothesis. Use mainly closed-ended questions, but include a couple of open-ended ones. Now carry out a pilot...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Questionnaires A2
In pairs, write a short questionnaire to assess people’s attitudes towards street crime and white collar crime. How would you operationalise your measure of the extent to which behaviour is socially acceptable/ non-acceptable?
