sociology a-level (theory and methods)

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Factors Influencing Choice Of Research (PET)
What are the practical issues wit...,
What are the ethical issues with,
What are theoretical issues with
3  cards
Ethical Issues In Research
What was laud humphrey s the tear...
1  cards
Research Design
What are the stages involved in r...,
How is choosing a topic guided,
What is a hypothesis
9  cards
Sampling Techniques
What are examples of representati...,
What are examples of non represen...,
What is random sampling
9  cards
Experiments
What is the logic of lab experiments,
What do lab experiments establish,
What groups are part of lab exper...
14  cards
Questionaires
What are questionaries,
What are the two types of questions,
What are practical advantages of ...
15  cards
Interviews
Why are interviews a compromise,
What is interviewer bias,
What are the practical issues wit...
25  cards
Observational Methods
What is non participant observation,
What is participant observation,
What is overt observation
4  cards
Overt Non-Participant Observation (ONPO)
What is the hawthorne effect,
What are the strengths with overt...,
What are the weaknesses with over...
3  cards
Conducting A Participant Observation Study
What was james patrick s study on...,
What is sarah thornton s,
What did maurice punch s study on...
7  cards
Evaluation Of Participant Observation
Why is participant observation valid,
Why does participant observation ...,
Why is participant observation fl...
11  cards
Official Statistics (OS)
What are the two ways of collecti...,
What are the practical advantages...,
What are practical disadvantages ...
9  cards
Documents
What are public documents,
What are personal documents,
What are historical documents
7  cards
Triangulation And Methodological Pluralism
What is triangulation,
What is methodological pluralism
2  cards
Longitudinal Studies
What are longitudinal studies,
What are the examples of longitud...,
What are the advantages of longit...
5  cards
Methods In Context (Documents In Education)
What are the practical issues wit...,
What are the ethical issues using...,
How reliable are documents in stu...
6  cards
Methods In Context (Educational Research)
What is most sociological researc...,
What does educational research fo...,
What are access issues with educa...
18  cards
Methods In Context (Experiments In Education
What is harvey and slatin s lab e...,
What is mason s laboratory experi...,
What are the ethical concerns usi...
9  cards
Methods In Context (Questionaires In Education)
What are the practical issues usi...,
What is the response rate like fo...,
Why is operationalising concepts ...
5  cards
Methods In Context (Structured Interviews In Education(
What is the response rate like us...,
How reliable are structured inter...,
How valid are structured intervie...
6  cards
Methods In Context (Unstructured Interviews In Education)
How do unstructured interviews ov...,
What are the practical issues usi...,
How valid are unstructured interv...
6  cards
Methods In Context (Participant Observation In Education)
How valid is participant observat...,
What are the practical issues usi...,
What are the ethical issues using...
5  cards
Methods In Context (Structured Observation In Education)
What are the practical issues usi...,
How reliable are structured inter...,
How valid are structured observat...
4  cards
Methods In Context (Official Statistics In Education)
What are the practical issues usi...,
How representative are official s...,
How reliable are official statist...
4  cards

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