sociology method studies

Question 1

name three studies that use questionnaires

Answer 1

• dobash and dobash violence against wives
• the census
• rutter 15,000 hours

Question 2

name two studies that use structured interviews

Answer 2

• willmot and young - family structure
• willis - ‘learning to labour’

Question 3

name two studies that use unstructured interviews

Answer 3

• oakley - maternity
• dobash and dobash - violence against wives

Question 4

name two studies that use overt observation

Answer 4

• venkatesh - gang leader
• barker - making of a moonie

Question 5

name two studies that use covert observations

Answer 5

• humphrey - tea room trade
• king - wendy house

Question 6

name a study that uses structured non- particepant observations

Answer 6

• flanders - schools behaviour

Question 7

name a study that uses lab experiments

Answer 7

• milgrams experiment
• zimbardo - prison experiment

Question 8

name a study that uses field experiments

Answer 8

• elliot - blue eyes brown eyes
• rosenthal and jacobsen - spurters

Question 9

name a study that used statistics

Answer 9

durkheim - le suicide

Question 10

name a study that uses documents

Answer 10

Lobban - primary school reading books