Longitudinal Studies Flashcards
A longitudinal study is one which follows the same ___ or group over an ____ period of time
sample
extended
Some techniques used for Longitudinal Studies include ?
interviews
observations
When they produce QUANTITATIVE data, which sociologist favours Longitudinal Studies?
positivists
When they produce QUALITATIVE data, which sociologist favours Longitudinal Studies?
interpretivists
The first example of a Longitudinal Study comes from which person that we come across in the ‘Education’ topic?
Douglas - “Educational Success”
Douglas’ Longitudinal Study took place in which year?
1964
{Douglas & Educational Success} : He looked at how many kids that were born in the FIRST week of March in 1946?
5386
Douglas tracked the progress of the kids until the age of ?
information he got included attendance, b___, reports & attitudes towards?
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behaviour
learning
The second case study for Longitudinal is named the same as which drink?
7up (BBC)
7UP also started in which year?
1964
7UP followed the lives of how many British children?
These children were from a variety of ____ b___ to examine social m___
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social backgrounds
mobility
7UP takes place how often, & when was the most recent one?
every 7 years
2019
Which participant of 7UP claimed that the show impacted negatively towards their experience of homelessness/unemployment?
Neil Hughes
A {PRACTICAL} advantage of Longitudinal Studies is that you can easily make?
comparisons
{PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE} : comparisons can also be made between the ___ over involved over time, allowing researchers to establish ?
groups
causes
An {ETHICAL} benefit of Longitudinal Studies is that the researcher must obtain?
especially because the research takes place over a significant period of t__
informed consent
time
Longitudinal Studies are THEORETICALLY beneficial because they’re likely to be which “V” ?
valid
{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.
retrospective
rapport
A {PRACTICAL} issue of Longitudinal Studies that links to geography is?
Attrition of the sample
{PRACTICAL ISSUE} : keeping people for a long period of time is basically im___, and tracking can be difficult too.
impossible
An {ETHICAL} issue of Longitudinal Studies is that the researcher risks causing what to the participants?
harm
{ETHICAL ISSUE} : because participants will spend a significantly long period of their lives involved in the research, it might impact what?
the way they live their life
A {THEORETICAL} limitation of Longitudinal Studies is that they tend to be un___
unrepresentative
{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.
time/money
sample size
representativeness
