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1. 7-Up

   • Longitudinal study focusing on children and how their beliefs and values change over time.
   • Disadvantages;
     • P- People may drop out of the study or the research group may split up.
     • E-It is an intrusive study as they are lookig into childrens lives
     • T- Positivists dislike this as the results are not numerical and therefore cannot be repeated
   • Advantages;
     • P- Over time the researchers would build a rapport with the children, so thy could get more information.
     • E- The parents give consent on behalf of their children.
     • T- This is prefered by interpretivists as the data is descriptive and detailed.

2. P.E.T Diaries

   • P+; They are easy to access because they are secondary data. P-; They may be bias as they are from one persons point of view.
   • E+; There is no consent really needed as its secondary data. E-; It is very intrusive as its looking at peoples private documents.
   • T+; It is prefered by interpretivists because it has detailed, descriptive data. T-; Positivists don't like the fact it is not numerical.

3. Sampling

   • Quota
   • Random
   • Purposive
   • Snowballing
   • Stratified

4. Empirical Data

   • Visual data collected
   • Usually numerical data

5. Primary Data

   • Collected first hand by the researcher
   • Takes longer to complete because it is not already there for them

6. Durkheim's study on Suicide

   • To find out why people killed themselves and if there was a link
   • Society effects suidide
   • Catholic and Protestant
   • Those who were more likely to kill themselves were Protestants
     • Less socially integrated
     • It was also seen as sinful from a Catholic point of view because they would then not get into heaven because killing yourself is a sin
   • Secondary data so it is easy to get hold of
   • As it is numerical there is no reasoning so really he came to his own conclusion
   • It is intrusive

7. Multiple methods

   • Eileen Barker and the Moonies
   • Observation, Interviews and Questionnaires
     • Triangulation
   • More reliable as it is using more than one method to back up findings. Stats can also back the findings.