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Reliability

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If you repeat the experiment you get the same results

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Validity

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The true picture of what is being studied

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Ethics

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The morality of the study

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Example of ethics

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Privacy of participant should not be invaded, sensitivities, physical social and mental well being should not be harmed, and consent.

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Advantages of closed questionnaires

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Quick to complete, quantitative data, easy to repeat, allow comparisons to be made

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Disadvantages of closed questionnaires

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The answers can’t be properly explained, no follow up questions can be asked to get more in depth data, participant may not agree with any answers in a question

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What are closed questionnaires?

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Very structured with the participant having a few set answers to choose from

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What are open questionnaires?

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Less structured, a set of questions with no set answers to choose from, usually interview rather than written questions

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Advantages of open questionnaires

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Participant can truly express their meaning with no set answers, provide richer data such as follow up questions and qualitative data

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Disadvantages of open questionnaires

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Qualitative data is hard to quantify and analyse and therefore harder to compare, possible misinterpretations

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What are postal questionnaires?

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Participant fills out themselves and returns by post or internet

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Advantages of postal questionnaire

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cheap, quick results, participants can respond whenever they want without an interviewer, and more likely to give personal/embarrassing responses in privacy, less risk of interviewer bias

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interviewer bias

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where the interviewer makes assumptions based on the participant and therefore misinterprets

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disadvantages of postal questionnaires

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low response rate due to no pressure to complete, more unemployed or elderly responses, did the correct person answer? and no chance of follow up questions and chance of misunderstanding

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longitudinal survey

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follow the development of the same subject over a long period of time

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sample survey

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selecting and studying a small proportion of total population

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laboratory experiment

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takes place in a controlled artificial setting: always a control group and experimental group so comparisons can be made

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control group

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the group will have no changes made to it, used to compare changes that occur within the experimental group

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field experiment

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takes place in the real world such as a workplace or school and the participants do not know they are being studied, and so act naturally to increase validity of findings. no control group

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milgram

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obedience experiment: (electric shock) aimed to see if people would inflict great harm on others simply because they are ordered to by someone in authority. 65% of volunteers did so

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practical factors

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time, money, danger, access, researchers personal characteristics, age of participants, etc

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theoretical factors

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validity, reliability, representative, generalisable, theoretical perspective

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pilot study

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A trial run in survey research

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structured interview

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a list of standardised closed questions read out in the same way who then records the answers.
quantitative, objective, reliable, positivist

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unstructured interview

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more like a conversation, no set list of questions but a solid idea of aimed topics to ask. based on rapport, flexible, open-ended, free flowing, qualitative, subjective, interpretivist

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Hawthorne Effect

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Changes in behaviour of participants resulting from an awareness that their are participating in the experiment/research

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operationalising concepts

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turning sociological concepts into something measurable

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Overt Observation

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Study is carried out ‘under-cover’, researcher takes on a a false identity and role

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Overt Observation

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Researcher makes true identity and purpose known to the group

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What are the difficulties with researching pupils?

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  • Power and status
  • Ability and understanding
  • Vulnerability and ethical issues e.g psychological harm
  • Laws and guidelines
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What are the difficulties with researching teachers?

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  • Power and status
  • Impression management
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What are the difficulties with researching classrooms?

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  • Controlled setting
  • Impression management from both teachers and pupils
  • Gatekeepers
  • Peer groups

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