Which of these are practical factors that influence the choice of research method?
Funding (money)
Possibility of harm to participants
Personal reasons
Issues of legality and immorality
Mac an Ghaill (1998) had issues with access to the sample initially. True or false?
Which of these is a personal reason (practical factor) that may influence choice of research?
Deception of participants
Chance of promotion
The British Sociological Association issued a guide to ethical conduct. This document is best used after the research has been conducted, true or false?
What are the possible effects that research may have on the people being studied?
May lead to harm
Researcher joining in may influence participants to behave abnormally
They may feel a tingling sensation.
They may gain some knowledge
A researcher that is using participant observation gets involved with the participants but never informs them that they are conducting research. This is ethically sound research, true or false?
Primary Data is data collected by other researchers. True or false?
Which of these are examples of methods that produce qualitative data?
Observations
Interviews
Questionnaires
Surveys
Why might sociologists wish to conduct research?
To gather data/information
To explore relationships
To develop and confirm theories
They have no life outside of sociology
Writing textbooks got too boring
Everybody else is doing it
