A psychologist wanted to investigate the digital media habits of primary school children. Twelve families took part in the study. The researcher asked one parent from each family to keep a daily media diary for two weeks, recording the types of apps and screen activities their child engaged with. Following this, the researcher decided to conduct semi-structured interviews with some of these parents.
Explain why the data collected from the semi-structured interviews might have improved upon the data collected from the media diaries.
38 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Self-report techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.