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Choosing a research method

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Understand the advantages and disadvantages of options in a discussion.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

questionnaire
A list of questions answered by many people.
detailed
Giving a lot of information.
sample
A small group chosen to represent a larger group.

Answer key

  1. Should we use a questionnaire or interviews for our project?“Questionnaire” has two Ns.
  2. A questionnaire would let us reach more people.“Let us” links: “le-tus”.
  3. True, but interviews give much more detailed answers.The stress is on “more”.
  4. Maybe we could combine both methods.The stress in “combine” is on “bine”.
  5. Good idea, let's start with a small sample.“Let’s” is “let us”.