documents

Question 1

key public documents

Answer 1

The Black Report

ofsted reports

eg school websites

Question 2

key personal documents

Answer 2

anne frank diary

Question 3

4 ways of assessing historical documents

Answer 3

authenticity, credibility, representativeness, meaning

Question 4

practical strengths of documents

Answer 4

cost

personal skills / characteristics

time

historical analysis

Question 5

practical limitations of documents

Answer 5

time - analyse and collect

access - some kept hidden

Question 6

ethical strength of documents

Answer 6

access - many public documents readily available an official websites for the public to gain access to sometimes for free

Question 7

ethical limitation of documents

Answer 7

consent / privacy - ensure informed consent and maintain privacy and confidentiality

Question 8

theoretical strengths of documents

Answer 8

validity - provides in-depth data and diaries reveal how people feel about and interpret their lives

Question 9

theoretical limitations of documents

Answer 9

subjective - not interpret in same way

representativeness - private documents

validity - may not be accurate

Question 10

positivist perspective of documents

Answer 10

do not use documents - subjectivity when analysed

if positivists do study documents, they are likely to employ content analysis to quantify data

Question 11

interpretivist perspective of documents

Answer 11

provide rich in-depth data

not concerned about representativeness