P.E.R.V.E.R.T Flashcards
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - practical issues
affects the method chosen
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - practical issues examples
- time & cost
- funding & source of funding affects results
- practical for gaining information from people being researched
- suitable for overcoming resistance from participants
- build rapport to be able to talk about personal, sensitive, emotionally upsetting activities
- practical in identifying individuals to conduct research on
- researcher has to have right characteristics to successfully accomplish research
- secondary data must be available if thats chosen method
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - practical issues; method must work in research setting
young people lack maturity & skills , give unrealistic > honest replies
employers of education system reluctant to disclose confidential/potentially damaging information to maintain high professionalism
children in school to work, research disrupts their daily routine
schools closed settings, must go through gatekeepers
private homes not easy to access
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - ethical issues
whether the research has met ethical guidlines
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - ethical issues; duty of care and confidentiality
schools have legal obligation to ensure pupils safety
may protect vulnerable children from sociological research & maintain confidentiality of school records
teachers may not discuss confidential information the may damage pupil, parents or educational institution
researchers need DBS check
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - ethical issues; informed consent
pupils under 18 require informed consent from their parent, pupils , teachers
young children may not understand what the research is about, to give formal informed consent
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - ethical issues; intrusive and harmful effects
method mustnt upset or put recipients/researchers in risk of potential harm
vulnerable protected from psychological harm
confidentially of private information preserved
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - ethical issues examples
may uncover unexpected information that compromise confidentiality; reporting may jeopardise confidentiality, not reporting may put child at risk
deceptions needs to justified ethically
recording answers may make respondent uncomfortable
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - reliability
whether research is repeatable
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - reliability examples
researcher that repeats research should get similar results - difficult as individuals don’t want to re-visit the issues
must use reliable data - official statistics reliable, save time and money
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - validity
whether research has measured what the researcher intended to measure
- method shouldn’t impose answers on respondents
- groups may behave differently
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - validity; method produce valid information about topic
young people may exaggerate to protect parents
parents may conceal information that makes them look bad
young people may want to give good impression
teachers may not want to jeopardise their jobs
schools have to maintain an image so may put an act
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - validity; hawthorne effect
altering behaviour due to awareness of being observed
exaggerate behaviour to avoid offending interviewer
anting to please them by providing them what they think they want to hear
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - representativeness
results should be generalised to the whole population
P.E.R.V.E.R.T - representativeness examples
large-scale studies more representative than small-scale studies
may be no sampling frame (truancy)
