WorksheetsResearch Methods Revision
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the first step in research?
Formulate a hypothesis
Identify the research problem
Report the findings
Analyse the data
What is the variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment?
Independent
Dependent
Standard
Operationalised
What is the variable that is measured in an experiment?
Independent
Dependent
Operationalised
Standard
What is quantitative data?
Data measured as 'types', such as names or symbols.
Data measured on values or counts and are expressed as numbers.
What is a group of people belonging to a particular category called?
Sample
Population
Primary data is...
information a person has collected themselves
information that is the most important
information that is the most reliable
information that is the most up to date
The theory that our behaviour changes when we know we are being watched is known as...
The Hyper effect
The Horton Effect
The Hawthorne effect
The Highway effect
Second Hand research gathered by others is known as what?
Second hand data
secondary data
supplementary data
significant data
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
What are two examples of quantitative data?
statistical
in depth
valid
random sample
Something that is not morally correct is known as...
Biased
Prejudiced
Unethical
Discrimination
Who is responsible for making sure that Sociologists stick to acceptable research guidelines?
BSA
SEB
BBS
ESC
What does reliability mean with regards to research?
that we can trust the researcher to be ethical
that research should be able to be repeated at a different time or in a different place and produce the same results
that research has guaranteed results, no matter what the circumstance
that research has been approved by the BSA
Which of these are the practical advantages of questionnaires? Tick as many as are applicable.
You are able to get informed consent
Quick and cheap ways of getting large amounts of data
They are reliable methods of collecting data
No need to train interviewers
Data is easy to quantify
Which of these are the ethical advantages of questionnaires? Tick as many as are applicable.
You are able to get informed consent
Quick and cheap ways of getting large amounts of data
Anonymise people’s data
Store any data collected on people in a secure place
Data is easy to quantify
Which of these are the theoretical advantages of questionnaires? Tick as many as are applicable.
You are able to large quantities of data, which is hopefully representative due to rigorous sampling.
Quick and cheap ways of getting large amounts of data
They are reliable methods of collecting data
No need to train interviewers
Questionnaires are particularly useful for testing hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships between different variables.
Define a "Structured Interview".
A conversation with a prepared list of questions
An informal conversation with topics in mind but no set questions
A list of questions given out to participants
Watching someone and noting their behaviour
Define a "Unstructured Interview".
Watching someone and noting their behaviour
An informal conversation with topics in mind but no set questions
A list of questions given out to participants
A conversation with a prepared list of questions
