SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS A. ONE METHOD TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPL...

2. Surveys and Interviews a. One method to get information about people is to interview them directly. b. When information needs to be taken from a large group of people, a survey can be used. A survey consists of questions about a person’s self-reported attitudes or beliefs about a topic. c. Survey questions can be either unstructured and open-ended or structured and more specific d. Surveys and interviews can be problematic because sometimes participants will answer questions in the way they believe is socially acceptable instead of how they really feel.