Evidence and examples

Question 0

Name the 4 categories of research

Answer 0

Personal observation, statement from a source/witness, estimates, data from a survey

Question 1

Name the two sources of evidence

Answer 1

Research and statistics

Question 2

Why are examples often inadequate?

Answer 2

Often they will describe an isolated situation, and so are too specific to support a broad conclusion

Question 3

What must researchers do to provide useful evidence?

Answer 3

Survey a reasonable proportion of the population

Question 4

What word describes using a sample which is too small to represent a large population?

Answer 4

Over-generalisation

Question 5

What else is required of research?

Answer 5

It must be representative

Question 6

What will affect how representative a sample is?

Answer 6

The methods used to gather the info - eg. Survey conducted at a bus stop vs on a car insurance website

Question 7

So… What are the 3 essential features that research must have?

Answer 7

Relevance, representative, reasonable proportion