Questionaires

Question 1

Practical Advantages;

Answer 1

Quick&Cheap; easy to gain large amounts of data.
Easy to Quantify- Can be processed quickly due to use of closed questions.

Question 2

Ethical Advantages;

Answer 2

Anonymity&Confidentiality; Obligation to be kept secret, respect right to privacy.
Legality; Rarely involve anything illegal.

Question 3

Theoretical Advantages;

Answer 3

Reliability- produce similar results if you were to repeat.
Representative- Large Sample Size means you can generalise data .
Detachment- No sociologist influence.

Question 4

Practical Disadvantages;

Answer 4

Language Barriers; use of complex words may lead to misinterpretation, affects validity.
Lack of Response- cant be bothered sending it back.
Money- offer incentives to complete the questionaire.

Question 5

Ethical Disadvantages;

Answer 5

Sensitive Data

Question 6

Theoretical Disadvantages;

Answer 6

Low Response Rate- unrepresentative data.
Right Answerism- Try to impress the sociologist as and have the ‘correct answer’

Question 7

Study involving low response rates;

Answer 7

Hite 1991; ‘Love,Passion&Emotional Violence’
-sent 100,000 out and only got 4.5% response rate