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STUDYING SOCIETY REVISION
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- 1How is sociology different to Journalism?Journalism is more biased, has a deadline and edits information to sell newspapers
- 2How is sociology different to Psychology?Psychologists study individuals and how the human mind works. Sociologists look at groups and prefer different research methods such as interviews
- 3How is sociology different to Biology?Biologists look at the terms sex and race. They look at biological causes of behavior. Sociologists look at ethnicity and gender. They view behavior as social or cultural
- 4How is sociology different to Philosophy?Philosophers have ideas or theories about social life. Sociologists carry research to disprove or prove this
- 5What is simple random sampling?Select people at random from a sampling frame (register)
- 6What are the advantages and disadvantages to simple random samplingAdvantages - quick and easy
Disadvantage - not representative - 7What is Stratified random samplingWhen you divide the population into sub-groups by age or gender then randomly select a sample from each group
- 8What are the advantages and disadvantages of Stratified random sampling?Advantages - representative
Disadvantages - time consuming - 9What is Systematic samplingChoosing every nth term from a sampling frame (register)
- 10What are the advantages and disadvantages of systematic samplingAdvantages - quick
Disadvantage - not representative as every nth term may not include enough people in your population - 11What is Snowball samplingThis is when you make one contact and from that you ask them for the names of other contact e.g single mums
- 12What are the advantages and disadvantages of Snowball sampling?Advantages - good if you don't have a sampling frame or its hard to gain access of people e.g. domestic violence victims
Disadvantages - may not be representative - 13What is Quota samplingThis is when a sociologist has a number of people from categories and goes out on the streets to find anyone who matches their categories e.g. single mums
- 14What are the advantages and disadvantages of Quota samplingAdvantages - quick and easy
Disadvantages - hard to tell if someone fits into your category e.g. they may be older than they look - 15Advantages and disadvantages of closed questionsAdvantages - Can compare answers and identify patterns
Disadvantages - does not give peoples attitudes/feelings - 16Structured interviews advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - can compare answers and more likely to be representative
Disadvantages - interviewer bias, might lie - 17Non participant observation advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - less bias as they are not joining the group
Disadvantages - Limited understanding of the group because they dont know the reasons or feelings - 18Open questions advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - You know the reasons/feelings behind it
Disadvantages - time consuming , cannot compare results - 19Unstructured interview advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - may say thing the interviewer hadn't thought of, gain in-depth data on their attitudes
Disadvantages - Difficult to compare results as questions may be different and interviewer bias - 20Participant observation advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - gain deeper understanding of the group and you can observe them in their natural day environment
Disadvantages - findings can be biased, unreliable as research cannot be repeated - 21Official statistics advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages - can make comparisons over time, quick and easy
Disadvantages - does not tell us about peoples attitudes or feelings, can be bias
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