Quantitative & qualitative methods & research design

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using postal questionnaires to investigate cohabitation rates.

From Item C, examine one weakness of the research.

Identify and explain one advantage of using non-participant observation to investigate pupil behaviour in the classroom.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a structured interview to research the educational experiences of students from different ethnic groups.

From Item A, examine one strength of using a mixed-method approach.

Identify and explain one advantage of using snowball sampling to research deviant subcultures.

Identify and explain one advantage of using quantitative methods to investigate the gender pay gap.

Identify and explain one advantage of using a longitudinal study to investigate changing attitudes to marriage.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a case study to investigate conjugal roles within the family.

From Item C, examine one strength of using content analysis to research gender stereotyping in education.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using structured interviews to investigate gender stereotyping in schools.

Identify and explain one advantage of using observations to investigate pupil subcultures.

Identify and explain one advantage of using a pilot study to investigate life chances.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using unstructured interviews to investigate one-person households.

From Item C, examine one weakness of the research.

Identify and explain one advantage of using non-participant observation to investigate classroom interactions as shown in Item C.

Identify and explain one advantage of using structured interviews to investigate working-class students’ experiences of school.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using snowball sampling to investigate the effects of streaming on students’ experience of school.

From Item A, examine one strength of the research.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a case study to investigate a teenage gang.

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe data that accurately reflects the wider population being studied?

From Item A, examine one weakness of the research.

Identify and explain one advantage of using a mixed methods approach to investigate conjugal role relationships.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using group interviews to investigate gender-based subject choices in schools.

Identify and explain one possible disadvantage of using a longitudinal study to investigate the effects of home-schooling on students.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using overt observation to study anti-social behaviour amongst young people.

From Item B, identify and describe the research method used by Carlen, including what you know of her perspective on female criminality.

Identify one disadvantage of using a qualitative method to investigate criminal behaviour and explain how you would deal with this in your investigation.

Identify and explain one advantage of using ethnography as a research method to investigate life chances.

From Item B, identify and describe the research method used by Willmott and Young in the early 1970s, including what you know of their perspective on the family.

Identify one function of the family and explain how you would investigate this function using a case study.

From Item C, examine one strength of the research.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a snowball sample to investigate attitudes of students towards higher education.

Identify and explain one advantage of using unstructured interviews to investigate setting in schools.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using questionnaires to investigate an individual’s experience of poverty.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using postal questionnaires to investigate attitudes towards cohabitation.

Identify and explain one advantage of using unstructured interviews to research the role of parents in families.

Identify and explain one advantage of using covert observation to investigate the extent of sexism in schools.

Identify and explain one advantage of using a longitudinal study to investigate the effects of streaming students in schools.

From Item A, examine one weakness of the research.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using group interviews to research the experience of prisoners.

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a sampling technique where every tenth name is chosen from a list?