Imagine that in everyday conversation You will ask questions and You just answer. It is not always pleasant. But it is not only that we are happy and that is not nice. The importance of dialogue in the application is much wider. Respondent - partner research, his co-author. In psychological research this issue with the development of techniques is the key. Y. L. Hanin (Institute of psychology Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences) writes that "it is necessary to convert respondents from the "objects" of research into active supporters and experts who, together with psychologist analyze, summarize and sistematizirovat the current problem situation, identify the most effective ways of optimizing vnutritorakalnah relations and interaction. It is clear that such a position in relation to the respondents as active participants, not sources of information, workers who have a vested interest in helping psychologists, puts on a new question and the procedures for conducting surveys, to inform about the research objectives, obtained results and final conclusions and recommendations".
This equally applies to sociological questionnaires. It is necessary not only to respect the Respondent, but also to be genuinely interested in him, to approach him as a person, whose assistance we need, some things could be better versed researchers (for example, in the case where he serves as expert). Only joint efforts can solve many problems. The questionnaire must be constructed in such a way that it was a conversation between two interested people, partners, co-authors of the study.
The fact that a sociologist, interviewing people, do not take knowledge from the pantry, and produces them, often with great difficulties. In the process of obtaining new knowledge, the Respondent is not a passive person. And not only that, if the Respondent is not interested and does not want to answer questions or respond in bad faith, and even that only in the process of mutual analysis of the problem (researcher for its part, Respondent - his), you can get to the truth. The Respondent, of course, one should not expect a knowledge of the truth in the last instance. It is the task of the sociologist. The Respondent is only required careful consideration, intense search of the answer to the question. But all of this can be obtained only if the Respondent is actively involved in comprehension tasks.
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This equally applies to sociological questionnaires. It is necessary not only to respect the Respondent, but also to be genuinely interested in him, to approach him as a person, whose assistance we need, some things could be better versed researchers (for example, in the case where he serves as expert). Only joint efforts can solve many problems. The questionnaire must be constructed in such a way that it was a conversation between two interested people, partners, co-authors of the study.
The fact that a sociologist, interviewing people, do not take knowledge from the pantry, and produces them, often with great difficulties. In the process of obtaining new knowledge, the Respondent is not a passive person. And not only that, if the Respondent is not interested and does not want to answer questions or respond in bad faith, and even that only in the process of mutual analysis of the problem (researcher for its part, Respondent - his), you can get to the truth. The Respondent, of course, one should not expect a knowledge of the truth in the last instance. It is the task of the sociologist. The Respondent is only required careful consideration, intense search of the answer to the question. But all of this can be obtained only if the Respondent is actively involved in comprehension tasks.