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Studying Society
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- 1Positives of structured interviews.1) Can compare data
2) Quick to carry out - 2Negatives of structured interviews.1) People lie
2) No personal insight - 3Positives of official statistics.1) Cheap
2) Easy to access - 4Negatives of official statistics.1) Socially constructed
2) Not reliable as they are not collected by sociologists - 5Positives of questionnaires with closed questions.1) Quick
2) Cheap - 6Negatives of questionnaires with closed questions.1) People lie
2) No depth or detail - 7Positives of unstructured interview.1) More detail as you can ask follow up questions
2) Personal insight - 8Negatives of unstructured interview.1) People lie
2) Time consuming - 9Positives to observational studies (covert, overt, participant and non participant)1) First hand insight
2) Difficult to lie - 10Negatives to observational studies (covert, overt, participant and non participant)1) Hawthorne effect (people act differently)
2) Researcher bias (researcher gets too attached) - 11Positives of questionnaires with open questions.1) Cheap
2) Give detail and insight - 12Negatives of questionnaires with open questions.1) People lie
2) Can't explain any misconceptions - 13Positives of historic or personal documents.1) Personal opinions
- 14Negatives of historic or personal documents.1) Could be forged
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- Flashcards on Studying Society, created by rhian.gregory109 on 09/05/2015.
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