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Qualitative/ quantitative methods
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- 1Questionnaires theoretical advantages- objective
-reliable
-representativeness
-allow them to test hypothesis - 2Questionnaires theoretical disadvantages- the methods used are too detached and therefore we cannot understand the social actors meanings
- questionnaires may lack validity as people could lie, exaggerate or forget when answering them - 3Structured interview practical disadvantages-snapshots
-inflexible - 4Structured interviews practical advantages- big sample
-training interviewers is easy and cheap
- higher response rates
- results are easily quantifiable - 5Structured interviewers theoretical advantages- allows hypothesis to be tested
- reliable
- representative - 6Structured interviews theoretical disadvantages- limited pre-set answers
- structured interviews give little freedom to clarify any misunderstandings
- people may lie/ exaggerate
- feminists argue it produces patriarchy - 7Statistics practical advantages- free source of huge amounts of information
- show trends over time - 8Statistics practical disadvantages- government creates statistics for topics it's interests
- definitions the state provide may be different from the sociologists - 9Statistics theoretical advantages- representative
-reliable - 10Statistics theoretical disadvantages- circourcel- stats are social constructs
- 11Unstructured interviews practical advantages-interviewer can develop a rapport
- produce large amounts of data
- meanings can be rechecked
- flexible
- useful when the subject has not been explored previously - 12Unstructured interviews practical disadvantages- training needs to be more thorough for structured interviews
- 13Unstructured interviews theoretical advantages- interviewers get involved in the participants meanings thus gain validity
-glaser and Strauss- UI allow grounded theory to happen here where a set hypothesis disallows freedom - 14Unstructured interviews theoretical disadvantages- unreliable
- not quantifiable
- lack of representativeness
- lack of validity - 15Participant observation practical advantages- flexible
- accessing difficult groups
- new insight - 16Participant observation practical disadvantages- time- consuming
- dangerous
- requires skills not everyone processes - 17Participant observation theoretical advantages- validity through involvement
- grounded theory - 18Participant observation theoretical disadvantages- not very representative
- not reliable
- lack of objectivity
- lack of validity
- Hawthorne effect - 19Documents practical advantages- they may be the only source of information for studying the past
- free source of large amounts of data
- saves time - 20Documents practical disadvantages- not always possible to gain access
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- A level Sociology (methods) Flashcards on Qualitative/ quantitative methods, created by Chris rivett on 16/04/2017.
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- Chris rivett · Apr 2017
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