Prep For Test Flashcards
Interpretivism
Aims to understand motives and meanings behind behaviour.
Census
A government survey of the population of Britain conducted every ten years.
Social mobility
The movement of an individual either up or down the social scale, e.g. the working class student who obtains a university degree and enters a profession (upward mobility).
Attrition rate
The drop-out rate from a longitudinal study.
Control Theory
The idea that people do not commit deviant acts because various factors control their impulse to break social norms.
Response Rate
The number of people who complete a survey divided by the number who made up the total sample.
Cluster Sample
A subject population grouped conveniently together in one place.
Quota sample
non-probability sampling
Sampling Frame
A complete list from which the researcher selects their sample, e.g. all the students in a school.
Snowball Sample
When your asked by a researcher to recommend someone who is known to them and who is in a similar situation.
Stratified sample
division of a population into smaller subgroups
Subjective
Judgements that are based on personal opinions.
Validity
Data is valid if it gives an accurate pictures of the social world.
Triangulation
The accuracy of data gathered using one method can be compared with data gathered using alternative methods, e.g. questionnaires, interviews and secondary sources.
Demography
Population trends.
