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WorksheetsResearch Methods Introduction Sociology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following are forms of primary data? (select all that apply)
Questionnaires
Experiments
Interviews
Government statistics
Which term refers to data collected by someone else for another purpose, but that can be used by sociologists in their research?
(a)
Which of the following are examples of quantitative data? (Select all that apply)
Amount of burglaries in a city
GCSE exam results
Average household income
Church attendance statistics
Which of the following are examples of qualitative data? (select all that apply)
Unstructured interview transcripts
Proportion of the population that is unemployed
Children receiving free school meals
Personal diary entries
What type of data can be quick and relatively easy to analyse?
Quantitative
Qualitative
Which type of data does the researcher have little control over?
Quantitative
Qualitative
What term refers to making a concept in research measurable?
(a)
What type of study is done to check the question design, instructions to participants and data collection methods?
Sample
Case
Pilot
Experiment
The long list of all potential participants for a research study is known as a...?
Sample
Sampling frame
Unit
Participant
If a research study is BLANK it will reflect the population as a whole.
(a)
If different researchers used the same method and achieved the same findings their research would be...?
Valid
Representative
Generalisable
Reliable
If data reflects a true and accurate description or measurement it is...?
Valid
Reliable
Representative
Ethical
Positivist approaches to research favour what type of data?
Quantitative
Qualitative
Positivists argue that BLANK BLANK exist independently of individuals and can be studied objectively.
(a)
Interpretivists think... (select as many that apply)
Our reality is socially constructed
People have free will
Social facts exist
Validity is important
