Research methods

Data that is numerical is known as…

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

Research that is easy to replicate due to standardised procedures is known as..

• Valid

• Reliable

• Verstehen

• Generalisable

The researcher who used interviews, questionnaires and observations to study the Moonies was..

Which terms relate to which theory?

Groups:

(a) Interpretivists

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(b) Positivists

• Validity
• Reliability
• Objective
• Representativeness
• Verstehen
• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Methods that tend to produce qualitative data include ​ (a)   and​ (b)   . ​

• unstructured interviews
• covert observations
• questionnaires
• official statistics

Organise the sampling methods according to which are representative and non-representative

Groups:

(a) Representative sampling methods

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(b) Non-representative sampling methods

• Snowball

• Opportunity

• Volunteer

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Random

Positivists would aim to research ​ (a)   samples of participants.

• small
• large

Match the researcher to their study

• Goths ethnographic research

• Bowles & Gintis

• 'Gang leader for a day' observation

• Venkatesh

• 'Black like me' observation

• Slater & Tiggeman

• High school rewards questionnaire

• John Griffin

• Girls in PE focus group

• Hodkinson

Which is NOT a primary research method?

• Questionnaire

• Interview

• Document

• Focus group

This ethical issue occurs when participants do not know they are being studied