Research Strategy and Methods (IGCSE Sociology)

Which of the following methods is NOT preferred by positivists?

• Statistics

• Content analysis

• Questionnaires

• Semi-structured interviews

Questionnaires typically produce...

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

Which of the following is NOT a random sampling method

• Stratified sampling

• Opportunity sampling

• Systematic sampling

• Cluster sampling

What is name of the type of data where researchers collect it first hand...

• Primary

• Quantitative

• Secondary

• Qualitative

What is a hypothesis?

• an educated guess

• an absolute solution

• a random guess

• an experiment

What is a target population?

• the whole group you want to study or describe

• the population that is practicing for the Hunger Games

• population inside the classroom

• part of the group you want to study or describe

What is a sample in research?

• the whole target population

• a piece of food you get to try

• an educated guess

• only part of the target population

Which of these is an example of a research method that produces primary data?

• Interview

• Book

• Journal

• Newspaper

Which of these are examples of secondary data?

• Personal Observation

• Official data gathered by the Government, eg. Census

• Diaries

• Interviews held by the person conducting the study

What are 2 examples of qualitative data?

• statistical

• open questions

• unstructured interview

• closed questions