A Level Sociology - Research Methods
Final Review Exam Fully Solved.
Observation - Unstructured Participant - Answer Example: Paul Willis (12 working class males)
Strengths:
-Valid/gain insight (T)
-Preserves Naturalness (P)
-Avoids subjects change of behaviour (P)
-High 'rapport' (T)
Limitations:
-Lacks Reliability and Representativeness (T)
-Loss of objectivity (T)
-Very time consuming (P)
-Costly (P)
Observation - Structured Participant - Answer Example: Flanders - did research into teacher and pupil
interactions.
Strengths
- Reliable (T)
- Representative (T)
- Quick (P)
- Cheap (P)
- Easy to analyse (P)
Limitations
- Low validity (T)
, - No reasons/ insight (T)
- Inflexible (P)
Observation - Covert Participant - Answer Example: Laud Humphreys (tearoom trade), James Patrick
(gangs), Griffin (racism).
Strengths:
- Avoids people changing their behaviour (P)
- Preserves naturalness (P)
- High in validity (T)
- Gain insight (T)
- Sometimes the only method able to use (P)
Limitations:
- Deceitful (E)
- Researcher has to keep up an act (P)
- Hawthorne effect may still happen (P)
- Guilty Knowledge (E)
- May have to participate in illegal activities (E)
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