B671

B671

1. ETHICAL FACTORS

   • RESPONSIBILITIES
     • responsible for themselves and others e.g. no one should be in danger of physical or emotional harm.
   • ANONYMITY
     • Making sure no names are mentioned in your final report or the results process
   • FEELINGS
     • participants must not feel embarrassed, uncomfortable, threatened etc. Sociologists must be well trained for this
   • SUITABLE TOPIC
     • has a duty to make sure the topic is sensible. Upsetting topics must be dealt with professionally and carefully
   • INFORMED CONSENT
     • Make sure that all the participants know what the research is about and has given permission to be in it e.g. no camcorders
   • CONFIDIENTIALITY
     • Any information about the research will be kept private and confidential

2. SAMPLING

   • Research population
     • THE GROUP BEING STUDIED
   • Sampling frame
     • THE PLACE OR LIST WHERE YOU DRAW YOUR SAMPLE FROM
   • cross-sectional sample
     • WHEN THE SAMPLE IS MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO BEST REPRESENT THE RESEARCH POPULATION
   • Representativeness
     • WHEN THE DATA CAN ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE RESEARCH POPULATION E.G GENDER AGE
   • generalisations
     • IF THE SAMPLE IS CROSS SECTIONAL AND REPRESENTATIVE, THEN THE CONCLUSIONS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE WHOLE RESEARCH POPULATION.

3. RESEARCH DESIGNS

   • SOCIAL SURVEYS
     • Information found out by a large group of people by asking them questions. e.g. opinion poll
     • can be found in newspapers etc
     • + find out peoples opinions
     • - Only tells us that persons opinion in that moment of time. Opinions always change
   • CASE STUDIES
     • Detailed and in-depth study or a particular group or situation to find out as much information as possible
     • + in - depth qualitative data
   • LONGITUDINAL STUDY
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