Longitudinal Studies

Question 1

A longitudinal study is one which follows the same ___ or group over an ____ period of time

Answer 1

sample

extended

Question 2

Some techniques used for Longitudinal Studies include ?

Answer 2

interviews

observations

Question 3

When they produce QUANTITATIVE data, which sociologist favours Longitudinal Studies?

Answer 3

positivists

Question 4

When they produce QUALITATIVE data, which sociologist favours Longitudinal Studies?

Answer 4

interpretivists

Question 5

The first example of a Longitudinal Study comes from which person that we come across in the ‘Education’ topic?

Answer 5

Douglas - “Educational Success”

Question 6

Douglas’ Longitudinal Study took place in which year?

Answer 6

1964

Question 7

{Douglas & Educational Success} : He looked at how many kids that were born in the FIRST week of March in 1946?

Answer 7

5386

Question 8

Douglas tracked the progress of the kids until the age of ?

information he got included attendance, b___, reports & attitudes towards?

Answer 8

16

behaviour

learning

Question 9

The second case study for Longitudinal is named the same as which drink?

Answer 9

7up (BBC)

Question 10

7UP also started in which year?

Answer 10

1964

Question 11

7UP followed the lives of how many British children?

These children were from a variety of ____ b___ to examine social m___

Answer 11

14

social backgrounds

mobility

Question 12

7UP takes place how often, & when was the most recent one?

Answer 12

every 7 years

2019

Question 13

Which participant of 7UP claimed that the show impacted negatively towards their experience of homelessness/unemployment?

Answer 13

Neil Hughes

Question 14

A {PRACTICAL} advantage of Longitudinal Studies is that you can easily make?

Answer 14

comparisons

Question 15

{PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE} : comparisons can also be made between the ___ over involved over time, allowing researchers to establish ?

Answer 15

groups

causes

Question 16

An {ETHICAL} benefit of Longitudinal Studies is that the researcher must obtain?

especially because the research takes place over a significant period of t__

Answer 16

informed consent

time

Question 17

Longitudinal Studies are THEORETICALLY beneficial because they’re likely to be which “V” ?

Answer 17

valid

Question 18

{THEORETICAL BENEFIT} :

1) they’re likely to be valid because they don’t have to rely on answers that are too ?
2. ) the length of time means r___will be developed, also increasing likelihood of validity.

Answer 18

retrospective

rapport

Question 19

A {PRACTICAL} issue of Longitudinal Studies that links to geography is?

Answer 19

Attrition of the sample

Question 20

{PRACTICAL ISSUE} : keeping people for a long period of time is basically im___, and tracking can be difficult too.

Answer 20

impossible

Question 21

An {ETHICAL} issue of Longitudinal Studies is that the researcher risks causing what to the participants?

Answer 21

harm

Question 22

{ETHICAL ISSUE} : because participants will spend a significantly long period of their lives involved in the research, it might impact what?

Answer 22

the way they live their life

Question 23

A {THEORETICAL} limitation of Longitudinal Studies is that they tend to be un___

Answer 23

unrepresentative

Question 24

{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} : due to the amount of ? it takes,

Longitudinal Studies end up having a small ? & with the further risk of sample attrition, this will contribute to r__ too.

Answer 24

time/money

sample size

representativeness