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- 1Whether the findings accurately reflect the reality they are describing.Validity
- 2Whether the findings can be checked by another researcher and would they achieve the same resultsReliability
- 3Refers to numbers and statistics, often presented in the form of graphs and tables.Quantitative data
- 4Descriptive, in the form of words rather than numbers.Qualitative data
- 5These take place in controlled conditions and try to establish a relationship between two or more variables, that is, factors that can be changed.Experiments
- 6The researcher is able to control most aspects of the research.Laboratory Experiments
- 7Take place in the 'real world'. They have the advantage that they tell us more about how people behave, although the researcher will not have as much control over the experiment.Field Experiments
- 8If people are being studied or become aware that an experiment is taking place, their behaviour is likely to change.The Hawthorne Effect
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- IGCSE Sociology Flashcards on Key Terms, created by dorian.danko on 27/03/2014.
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