A psychologist is designing a questionnaire to investigate adults' thoughts and feelings while they are waiting for a routine dental check-up. A pilot study produced the following findings.
| Draft item | Pilot finding |
|---|---|
| Do you feel worried while waiting for a dental check-up? | Most participants wrote only 'yes' or 'no' and gave no further detail. |
| How worried and embarrassed do you feel while waiting for a dental check-up? Circle 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. | Some participants felt worried but not embarrassed. Participants were also unsure what 1 and 5 meant. |
Give one revised open question and one revised five-point rating-scale item. Explain why each revised item would produce more valid data than the corresponding draft item. Use the pilot findings in your answer.
139 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.2 Doing Research, covering 7.2.1 Experiments, 7.2.2 Interviews, 7.2.3 Questionnaires (Surveys), 7.2.4 Observations, 7.2.5 Case Studies, and 7.2.6 Correlations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.