Documents

Question 1

Practical considerations of documents

Answer 1

not time consuming or expensive
no specialist skills or knowledge needed
normally easy to access
detached method
opportunity always available

Question 2

Ethical considerations of documents

Answer 2

ensure anonymity and confidentiality
less risk of harm to participants
still should collect informed consent

Question 3

Gillborn

Answer 3

study of racism and schooling - able to access wide range of school documents
gave him official picture of what was happening
compared with data from interviews and observations

Question 4

positivist views on documents

Answer 4

only use them for content analysis

Question 5

interpretivist views on documents

Answer 5

favour documents as they produce valuable insight and valid qualitative data

Question 6

GOPERVERT qaulities it has

Answer 6

valid
ethical
practical