sociology - research methods

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Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Introduction to Research Methods
Primary data,
What may the sociologist s purpos...,
What do social surveys involve
20  cards
Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Pacticle Issues
Why may large scale surveys cost ...,
Cheaper alternative to a large sc...,
Disadvantage of using a cheaper a...
11  cards
Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Ethical Issues
What should the researcher tell p...,
When should consent be obtained b...,
What should participants be offer...
13  cards
Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Theoretical Issues
Benefit of interpretivism,
What data does interpretivism com...,
Micro study
30  cards
Education (research in Context) - Pupils
According to hill how many major ...,
According to hill what are the ma...,
What do young people have less of...
11  cards
Education (Research in Context) - Teachers
Why are teachers often less coope...,
What reinforces teacher peer over...,
Why are teachers easier to observ...
6  cards
Education (Research in Context) - Classrooms
Why does the classroom have clear...,
Why can t the sociological resear...,
What may classroom behaviours not...
3  cards
Education (Research in Context) - Schools
Why may sociological research in ...,
What could overcome the underrepr...,
Why is identifying the research p...
13  cards
Education (Research in Context) - Parents
What factors may affect how willi...,
What is often required for resear...,
Why do researchers have restricte...
5  cards
Experiments - Laboratory Expeiments
What is the environment of a lab ...,
What is the objective of a lab ex...,
What do scientists do to a variab...
28  cards
Experiments - Field Experiments
What do field experiments aim to ...,
Where do field experiments take p...,
What does researchers using field...
20  cards
Experiments - Comparitive Experiments
Where are comparative experiments...,
What type of experiment in a comp...,
What is a comparative experiment
7  cards
Questionnaires - Key Words
Questionnaire,
Why are questionnaires a useful t...,
Hypothesis
14  cards
Questionnaires - Advantages and Disadvantages
Which sociologists mainly view qu...,
Which sociologists mainly view qu...,
Practical advantages
19  cards
Questionnaires - Methods in Context
What does the operationalisation ...,
Why can the operationalisation of...,
Why can schools provide researche...
29  cards
Structured Interviews - Introduction
What are structured interviews,
What sociologists favour structur...,
Why do positivists favour structu...
7  cards
Structured Interviews - Advantages and Disadvantages
Why can structured interviews cov...,
What are structured interviews su...,
Why is training interviewers rela...
23  cards
Structured Interviews - Methods in Context
What two skills of children are g...,
Attention span of children compar...,
Vocabulary of children compared t...
22  cards
Official Statistics - Introduction
Os,
Do os give sociologists primary o...,
Who can produce os
7  cards
Official Statistics - Practical Advantages and Disadvantages
What are os free sources of,
What problem is reduced by gainin...,
Why is the problem of non respons...
15  cards
Official Statistics - Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages
What is avoided as os are collect...,
What happens to the identities of...,
What do os allow us to check up upon
6  cards
Official Statistics - Theoretical Advantages and Disadvantages
What do positivists view os as,
Adjective to describe os,
What are os very important resour...
29  cards
Unstructured Interviews - Introduction and Political Advantages + Disadvantges
Ui,
Who favours ui,
What type of conversations are ui
16  cards
Unstructured Interviews - Ethical Advantages + Disadvantages
What do interviewees ensure for r...,
What is information given in ui t...,
What are participants made aware ...
7  cards
Unstructured Interviews - Theoretical Advantages + Disadvantages
According to interpretivists what...,
What can interviewers see the wor...,
What do respondents have the abil...
14  cards
Unstructured Interviews - Group Interviews
What do group interviews involve,
Strength of group interviews comf...,
Strength of group interviews stim...
8  cards
Unstructured Interviews - Method in Context
How can carrying out ui with teac...,
What are likely to be president i...,
Why may parents choose to coopera...
14  cards
Observation - Introduction
By using observational methods ra...,
Non participant observation,
Example of non participant observ...
26  cards
Observation - Practical Advantages and Disadvantages
What is the best way to truly und...,
What do sociologists call the per...,
What does living as a member of a...
18  cards
Observation - Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages
What could overt pos be seen as e...,
What may covert observation be th...,
Why may the use of covert observa...
8  cards
Observation - Theoretical Advantages and Disadvantages
Which sociologists identify advan...,
What does po allow researchers to...,
What does being placed in the sam...
21  cards
Observation - Methods in Context: Structured Observation
What schedules do highly structur...,
What sociologists prefer structur...,
Why does a particular group prefe...
14  cards
Observation - Methods in Context: Unstructured Observation
What observational methods do int...,
What do unstructured observations...,
What don t unstructured observati...
30  cards
Documents - Types of Documents
What type of data do documents gi...,
Are documents primary or secondar...,
What are public documents produce...
9  cards
Documents - Assessing Documents
How many criteria are there for a...,
Criteria for assessing documents,
3 questions that must be asked wh...
13  cards
Documents - Advantages and Disadvantages
What do personal documents enable...,
What sociologists favour documents,
Sometimes documents are advantage
6  cards
Documents - Content Analysis
Content analysis,
Why do positives favour the conte...,
Example of ways in which positivi...
9  cards
Documents - Method in Context
What topics can documents be used...,
Examples of public documents in e...,
Examples of personal documents in...
21  cards
Triangulation and Longitudinal Studies
Triangulation,
What does the mixing of data type...,
What does triangulation often inv...
27  cards

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