PET

Question 1

what are some practical issues when choosing a research methods ?

Answer 1

Time : Some methods take more time than others because of, for example, more detailed data being recorded.
Money : The money available to conduct the research affects the number of researchers, respondents and amount of research time.
Access : Some groups of respondents and location are easier to access than others

Question 2

what are some ethical issues when choosing a research methods ?

Answer 2

informed consent : Researchers should have the informed consent of their research subjects, because of the effects that the research may have on them.
confidentiality : Research subjects have a right to anonymity, so they should not be identifiable when the research is published.
psychological harm : Some research groups are more vulnerable to psychological harm than others

Question 3

what are some theoretical issues when choosing a research methods ?

Answer 3

reliability : it must be able to be repeated and obtain similar results
representativeness : the sample group must have similar characteristics to those of the wider population
validity : refers to how true data is