Factors Influence Choice Of Methods

Question 1

Practical Factors /6

Answer 1

• time and money
• funding bodies
• personal skills
• gaining access
• subject matter
• opportunity

Question 2

Ethical Factors /7

Answer 2

• informed consent
• confidentiality
• protection from harm
• vulnerable groups
• covert research
• leading questions
• right to withdraw

Question 3

Theoretical Factors /9

Answer 3

• validity
• reliability
• representation
• objectivity
• subjectivity
• verstehen
• Hawthorne effect
• positivism
• interpretivism

Question 4

Positivism

Answer 4

• scientific approach
• macro scale
• objective
• reliability
• trends/patterns
• representative
• quantitative data

Question 5

Interpretivism

Answer 5

• non-scientific approach
• subjective
• validity
• verstehen
• qualitative