WorksheetsResearch Strategy and Methods (IGCSE Sociology)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
