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Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Introduction to Research Methods
Primary data,
What may the sociologist s purpos...,
What do social surveys involve
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Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Pacticle Issues
Why may large scale surveys cost ...,
Cheaper alternative to a large sc...,
Disadvantage of using a cheaper a...
11
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Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Ethical Issues
What should the researcher tell p...,
When should consent be obtained b...,
What should participants be offer...
13
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Choosing a Research Method (PET) - Theoretical Issues
Benefit of interpretivism,
What data does interpretivism com...,
Micro study
30
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Education (research in Context) - Pupils
According to hill how many major ...,
According to hill what are the ma...,
What do young people have less of...
11
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Education (Research in Context) - Teachers
Why are teachers often less coope...,
What reinforces teacher peer over...,
Why are teachers easier to observ...
6
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Education (Research in Context) - Classrooms
Why does the classroom have clear...,
Why can t the sociological resear...,
What may classroom behaviours not...
3
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Education (Research in Context) - Schools
Why may sociological research in ...,
What could overcome the underrepr...,
Why is identifying the research p...
13
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Education (Research in Context) - Parents
What factors may affect how willi...,
What is often required for resear...,
Why do researchers have restricte...
5
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Experiments - Laboratory Expeiments
What is the environment of a lab ...,
What is the objective of a lab ex...,
What do scientists do to a variab...
28
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Experiments - Field Experiments
What do field experiments aim to ...,
Where do field experiments take p...,
What does researchers using field...
20
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Experiments - Comparitive Experiments
Where are comparative experiments...,
What type of experiment in a comp...,
What is a comparative experiment
7
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Questionnaires - Key Words
Questionnaire,
Why are questionnaires a useful t...,
Hypothesis
14
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Questionnaires - Advantages and Disadvantages
Which sociologists mainly view qu...,
Which sociologists mainly view qu...,
Practical advantages
19
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Questionnaires - Methods in Context
What does the operationalisation ...,
Why can the operationalisation of...,
Why can schools provide researche...
29
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Structured Interviews - Introduction
What are structured interviews,
What sociologists favour structur...,
Why do positivists favour structu...
7
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Structured Interviews - Advantages and Disadvantages
Why can structured interviews cov...,
What are structured interviews su...,
Why is training interviewers rela...
23
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Structured Interviews - Methods in Context
What two skills of children are g...,
Attention span of children compar...,
Vocabulary of children compared t...
22
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Official Statistics - Introduction
Os,
Do os give sociologists primary o...,
Who can produce os
7
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Official Statistics - Practical Advantages and Disadvantages
What are os free sources of,
What problem is reduced by gainin...,
Why is the problem of non respons...
15
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Official Statistics - Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages
What is avoided as os are collect...,
What happens to the identities of...,
What do os allow us to check up upon
6
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Official Statistics - Theoretical Advantages and Disadvantages
What do positivists view os as,
Adjective to describe os,
What are os very important resour...
29
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Unstructured Interviews - Introduction and Political Advantages + Disadvantges
Ui,
Who favours ui,
What type of conversations are ui
16
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Unstructured Interviews - Ethical Advantages + Disadvantages
What do interviewees ensure for r...,
What is information given in ui t...,
What are participants made aware ...
7
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Unstructured Interviews - Theoretical Advantages + Disadvantages
According to interpretivists what...,
What can interviewers see the wor...,
What do respondents have the abil...
14
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Unstructured Interviews - Group Interviews
What do group interviews involve,
Strength of group interviews comf...,
Strength of group interviews stim...
8
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Unstructured Interviews - Method in Context
How can carrying out ui with teac...,
What are likely to be president i...,
Why may parents choose to coopera...
14
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Observation - Introduction
By using observational methods ra...,
Non participant observation,
Example of non participant observ...
26
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Observation - Practical Advantages and Disadvantages
What is the best way to truly und...,
What do sociologists call the per...,
What does living as a member of a...
18
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Observation - Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages
What could overt pos be seen as e...,
What may covert observation be th...,
Why may the use of covert observa...
8
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Observation - Theoretical Advantages and Disadvantages
Which sociologists identify advan...,
What does po allow researchers to...,
What does being placed in the sam...
21
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Observation - Methods in Context: Structured Observation
What schedules do highly structur...,
What sociologists prefer structur...,
Why does a particular group prefe...
14
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Observation - Methods in Context: Unstructured Observation
What observational methods do int...,
What do unstructured observations...,
What don t unstructured observati...
30
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Documents - Types of Documents
What type of data do documents gi...,
Are documents primary or secondar...,
What are public documents produce...
9
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Documents - Assessing Documents
How many criteria are there for a...,
Criteria for assessing documents,
3 questions that must be asked wh...
13
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Documents - Advantages and Disadvantages
What do personal documents enable...,
What sociologists favour documents,
Sometimes documents are advantage
6
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Documents - Content Analysis
Content analysis,
Why do positives favour the conte...,
Example of ways in which positivi...
9
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Documents - Method in Context
What topics can documents be used...,
Examples of public documents in e...,
Examples of personal documents in...
21
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Triangulation and Longitudinal Studies
Triangulation,
What does the mixing of data type...,
What does triangulation often inv...
27
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