4) research methods Flashcards
(11 cards)
Questionnaires
CENSUS - Postal Questionnaires every 10 years
2001 - Jedi was 7th largest religion, encouraged Brits to say European on 2021 census
CONNOR AND DAWSON - 4000 questionnaires, 14 different unis, factors influencing decisions of WC students going to uni
Laboratory
MILGRAM - 60s experiment, who would harm others under authority figures. electric shocks, teachers and learners
MAYO - factors affecting workers productivity at Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Plant. 5 female workers, productivity increased even when conditions worsened
Field Experiments
ROSENTHAL AND JACOBSON - 1960s IQ tested, 20% spurters, made most progress - self-fulfilling prophecy
ROSENHAN - pseudopatients in 12 California mental health hospitals, diagnosed with schizophrenia, stopped, still treated as if they ha it
Structured Interviews
YOUNG AND WILLMOTT - Extended fams in East London (933) took between 10 mins and half an hour
GOLDTHORPE AND LOCKWOOD - Oxford Mobility Survey, over 10k men into 7 social classes
BRITISH CRIME SURVEY - Since 1981, public experiences of crime over past year
40,000 households invited, 75% will take part
Unstructured Interviews
DOBASH AND DOBASH - Domestic Violence victims, some interviews took up to 8 hours, found trigger was when a woman challenged male authority
marriage legitimates violence against woman power to men
DEAN AND TAYLOR-GOOBY - on unemployment, tape-recorded. 85 claimants lasting up to 90 mins, no set order, qs adapted, removed or edited
Group Interviews
WILLIS - Neo-Marxist approach, micro scale using qualitative methods, Willis encouraged them, didn’t talk himself
Participant Observation
COVERT
HUMPHREYS - 1960s America, Humphrey watch queen, homosexuality illegal, looked at number plates to get info, interviewed them in ‘health survey’ ! year later. 54% married to a women only 14% out.
GRIFFIN - 1962, painted himself black ‘Black like Me’
PATRICK - Tim leader in Glasgow, member of “Young Team” Bought suit with cash, middle button done up, burnt a library, abandoned study after axe given (done in 66-67)
OVERT
BARKER - Making of a Moonie 6 years lived with Moonies, observing Unification Church, found no evidence of brainwashing
VENKATESH - 18 months over 7 years in Black Kings Chicago crack-dealing gang
Non-participant observation
WILLIS - overt non-participant observation 1977
Official Statistics (SECONDARY DATA)
DURKEIM - Studied suicide wanted to prove sociology was a science. compared suicide rates in Europe spotted patterns, suicide lower in Italy very catholic, higher UK (protestant), stats at face value assumed were correct
PUBLIC STATISTICS - Official stats used in policy making, e.g no of births - school places. OFSTED study exam results, success of school
Documents (SECONDARY DATA)
HEY - Personal Documents
Formation of schoolgirl friendships, used notes passed in class, read their diaries, gained trust by swapping hers with theirs
Public Documents
E.g Ofsted Reports, Minutes of Council Meetings, Parliament records
ANNE FRANK - Historical/Personal Docs
Investigating holocaust, 13 when started, 15 when she died, published 1947
Content Analysis (SECONDARY DATA)
COHEN - studying how media represented Mods and Rockers in 60s, media distorted and exaggerated, was minor conflict - newspaper made it seem more deviant
LOBBAN AND TUCHMAN - Content analysis to analyse gender roles in kids reading schemes and tvs portrayal of women, stereotyped and limited (women in domestic roles)
