Postal Questionaires

Question 1

Postal questionnaires

Answer 1

Distributed through post or email to be completed

Question 2

Strengths

Answer 2

Large scale (representative and generalisable)
Relatively cheap
Respondents reply at own leisure (validity)
Easier to answer personal questions
Rules out interviewer bias

Question 3

Weakness

Answer 3

Ambiguous questions (lack of interviewer)
Cost could become an issue
Potentially low response rate
Not everyone has a fixed address/ acces to email
No guarantee who’s filling them out
Not taken seriously

Question 4

Sharp

Answer 4

Mixed methods, interviews, school girls conforming to stereotypes

Question 5

Sullivan

Answer 5

Cultural capital, transmitted within the home and has a significant effect on GCSE’s

Question 6

British cohort study

Answer 6

Information on health, physical economic and social development

Question 7

Callender and Jackson

Answer 7

2000 students lower social classes don’t want to go to university because they are scared on debt, instant gratifacation, dilemma for family