AQA A Level Sociology Research Methods & Methods in Context

Question 1

Give an example of secondary data that a school can produce (two possibilities)

Accepted Answer

Exam results, Attendance figures

Question 2

What are some of the issues with gatekeeping? (Two possibilities)

Accepted Answer

It is dangerous to involve pupils in commenting on teachers, Discipline would be adversely affected

Question 3

Two types of secondary data include (2 possibles)

Accepted Answer

Official Statistics, Documents

Question 4

What is Quasi sampling?

Accepted Answer

Every nth person in the sampling frame is selected

Question 5

Why can ability and understanding make it difficult to study a young person?

Accepted Answer

Brains are less developed

Question 6

Why should Sociologists take care when working with children?

Accepted Answer

Issues of child protection

Question 7

Give two ways in which parents can influence what goes in in education (two possibilities)

Accepted Answer

How they bring their children up, Involvement in the school

Question 8

Why would an interpretavist not use sampling?

Accepted Answer

Less concerned on making generalisations

Question 9

Why would a Sociologist use a sampling frame?

Accepted Answer

To make a true representative sample of a population

Question 10

Malcolm Hill (05) identified three major differences between studying young people and adults:

Accepted Answer

Power & Status, Ability & Understanding, Vulnerability

Question 11

A strength of Qualitative data is (one possibility)

Accepted Answer

Can give insight into what it is like to be that person

Question 12

What is a pilot study?

Accepted Answer

Trying out a draft version of a questionnaire

Question 13

Factors influencing the choice of methods..(2 possibilties)

Accepted Answer

Practical issues, Ethical issues

Question 14

What is triangulation?

Accepted Answer

Using 2 plus sources of methods to obtain a rounded picture

Question 15

Erving Goffman said a major part of teachers role is to put on an act. This is called...

Accepted Answer

Impression management

Question 16

What is Primary data?

Accepted Answer

Collected by Sociologists themselves

Question 17

Who sets the ethical guidelines for the conduct of research?

Accepted Answer

British Sociological Society

Question 18

Laws/guidelines that affect those working/studying children (Two possibilities)

Accepted Answer

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Disclosure and Barring Service

Question 19

What is a positivist?

Accepted Answer

Prefer quantitative data, discover patterns of behaviour.

Question 20

Parents are a single homogenous group. True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 20