AQA A Level Sociology Research Methods & Methods in Context

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

Why would an interpretivist not use representative sampling?

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

What is a pilot study?

Who sets the ethical guidelines for the conduct of research?

A strength of qualitative data is (one possibility)

What is triangulation?

Hill (2005) found 3 major differences between studying young people and adults - what were they?

Which of these methods provides researchers with quantitative data if conducted in a school setting?

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

Where do sociologists get their sampling frame from?

A researcher wants to ask students about their teachers' teaching - what is a gatekeeping issue here (Two possibilities)

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

What is Primary data?

What is a positivist?

Studying pupil subcultures using structured interviews is reliable

Which of these is an ethical issue of using non-participant observations to study bullying?

What is quasi sampling?

Two types of secondary data include (2 possibilities)...

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

Why should sociologists take care when working with children?

When a study measures what it intends to measure and/or gives a true picture of what something is really like.