questionnaires

Question 1

questionnaires

Answer 1

Questionnaires are a list of pre-set questions devised by a sociological researcher that are related to the topic under consideration. The same questions are given to each person in the same order so that the same information can be gathered from each person in the sample.

Question 2

Labour Force Survey

Answer 2

A systematic random sample of 650 addresses is drawn each quarter from the LPSA list. The sample size is 120,000 people from a cross section of households.
The method used is a quantitative interviewer led questionnaire where the possible answers are pre coded. Questions are asked of every adult member of the household (aged 16 and over), with a few questions relating to each child in the household.
It is representative as it has a large sample which is systematic random so it has a range of people in the target population

Question 3

Nicola CHARLES 2005

Key Study - Social Change - Family Formation & Kin Relationships

Answer 3

Administrated a a questionnaire to a sample of 1,000 households in Swansea. Aimed to understand the effects of social change on intimate and kin relationships and to look at the importance of kinship in providing social support and a sense of identity. This study compared its findings with those from an original 1962 survey by Rosser and Harris.

Question 4

other

Answer 4

practicality – large amounts of data may be collected from many different people relatively cheaply and quickly
relatively little personal involvement on the part of the researcher and respondent – little danger or personal cost to either
data easily quantified and analysed, possibly using