RM : Questionnaire

Question 1

why did Barker did her research about Making of a Moonie?

Answer 1

-Barker researched unification church ,due to popular belief in media that they were brainwashing cult with no choice are made.

Question 2

what method did Barker used in her ‘Making of a Monnie’ research?

Answer 2

• newspapers
• questionnaires
• in-depth semi-structured
• interviews (12 hours )
• (overt) Participant observations

Question 3

what was Barker’s aim of ‘Making of a Moonie’ research?

Answer 3

she aimed to find out why Moonies joined , and why they stayed in the religion.

Question 4

what was Barker’s conclusion about the ‘Making of a Moonie’ research?

Answer 4

she concluded that joining the religion was a choice that the participants made, rather than brainwashing taking place from church leaders.

Through questionnaire she found that lots of the Moonies were well-educated, affluent and middle-class.

Question 5

what was the strength of Barker’s ‘Making of a Moonies’ research?
(list all three PET evaluations)

Answer 5

P: relevant &flexible easy to make an comparison

E: consent, handled sensitivity combining with other methods

T: verstehen, validity &depth ,triangulation

Question 6

what was the Limitation of Barker’s ‘Making of a Moonies’ research?
(list all three PET evaluations)

Answer 6

P: time-consuming( 500 Moonie)

E: risk of harm(sensitive questions)

T: -bias designing question
- Hawthorne effects
- going native

Question 7

How does UK census 2021 is carried out ?

Answer 7

• carried out by the Office for National Statistics in the UK government every 10 years.
  (Birth and death records, crime records)

-it provides a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales .

Question 8

what does UK census 2021 ask?

Answer 8

it ask questions …
-number of people living in each household
-ethnicity
-gender identity
-sexual orientation
-religion
-nationality
-what employment status in each household

Question 9

what does UK census 2021provide?

Answer 9

• the census is used by the government to make social policies decisions regarding planning and funding public services (transport, education and health care)

=> this creates official statistics

Question 10

what are the strengths PET evaluations for UK census 2021?

Answer 10

:) P:
- easy to complete
- either paper or online

:) E :
- confidential ( for 100 years)
- useful for societies as government - can use data to help locals

:) T:
- objective
- provides a useful overview
- easy to make comparison

Question 11

what are the limitation PET evaluations for UK census 2021?

Answer 11

:( P:
- time : time-consuming to complete and analyse for sociologist.

:( E: compulsory for participants

:( T:
- low validity-> Hawthorne effect(might lie)
- lack of verstehen.