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Open ended questions |
Questions in which the respondents can reply freely in their own words to give their responses. |
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OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS |
LIMITATIONS- This produces some limited qualitative data but it does make it more difficult to analyse the data. STRENGTHS- It probes deeper into why people believe to do particular things it is possible for respondents to use open-ended questions , where respondents can write their own response. |
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Qualitative data |
numerical, statistics forms |
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Quantitave data |
Attitudes or kinds of actions |
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TRIANGULATION |
Strengths *allow the researcher to support quantitative data with qualitative data- therefore providing a study with validity and reliability.
*Can be used to check the validity of the research.
*Can be used to check the reliability of the research using different sources.
*Provide balance between methods, where one may be weaker than another in that particular area of the research.
Used to cross-referencing the researcher's interpretationsto other data collected to check for accuracy. |
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LIMITATIONS OF TRIANGULATION |
*Time consuming and expensive. *Researcher- need to be skilled in several research methods. *Positivist and interpretivist approaches- have different ideas, therefore it can be difficult to combine them in one piece of research. |
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Structured interview |
Strengths: * if the participants does not understand a question, the interviewer can explain it. *the interviewer can ask additional questions, probing deeper, or avoid question that are not relevant to the participant. *higher response rate; than to self-completion questionnaires. *the interviewer- may be able to set up a good relationship with tha participants , winning their trust and getting their valid answers. |
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LIMITATIONS OF STRUCTURED INTERVIEW |
*Researcher bias *Time consuming and more expensive than self-completion questionnaires. *participants- may give socially desirable answers *if several interviewers are used- they may approach their work in different ways. |
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Functionalists view |
Durkheim and Talcott Parsons *Human society- human body. *Organic analogy A family - help through socialisation to have a common culture. *social consensus A society built on consensus- stable and harmonious. * people share set of values and ideas, which bring everyone together and make them feel a sense of belonging so they identify strongly with their society and its values. |
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Marxist view |
Focuses on conflict between different social classes in society. Two main classes: + bourgeoisies(owners of production) + proletariats(workers) The bourgeoisie- power and wealth who exploits and oppresses the proletariat The proletariat- had to work over small wages as they had no other choice but to work for survival(profits by ruling class). Marxists look at the same phenomena and see how they allow the bourgeoisie to keep their wealth and power. Karl marx. |
