Paper 1: The sociology of families and education June 2025, Question 5 2 marks
From Item A, examine one strength of using official statistics to research the number of cohabiting couples.
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Topic questions Theory and methods Primary and secondary data
17 questions · 43 marks · about 45 minutes
From Item A, examine one strength of using official statistics to research the number of cohabiting couples.
What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe information that is presented in numerical form?
From Item A, examine one strength of the data.
From Item C, examine one strength of using official statistics to research life expectancy.
From Item A, examine one strength of using statistics to research one-person households.
From Item C, examine one weakness of the research.
Identify and explain one advantage of using previously published research to investigate gender inequality in accessing health care.
From Item C, examine one strength of using the number of entries for different A-level examinations to research gender differences in education.
From Item C, examine one strength of the research.
From Item A, examine one weakness of using statistics to research divorce.
Describe the type of statistical data shown in Item A. Identify the trend shown by the data and explain one factor which may account for this trend.
Identify and explain one disadvantage of using secondary data to investigate attitudes towards marriage.
From Item A, examine one strength of the research.
Describe the type of statistical data shown in Item A. Identify the trend shown by the data and explain one factor which may account for this trend.
Item C
Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5 or above in English and Maths by ethnicity, England 2017
From Item C, examine one weakness of research using official statistics on the educational achievement of different ethnic groups.
Describe the type of data shown in Item A. Identify and explain one factor that may explain an increase in police-recorded hate crime.
From Item C, examine one strength of the research.
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