example studies

Question 1

Open question questionnaires

Answer 1

Venkatesh - gang leader for a day - he started with open q questionnaires then moved to observation

Question 2

Closed question questionnaires

Answer 2

Crime survey in England and Wales - annual survey asking about the experiences of crime within the last 12 months

Question 3

Covert observation

Answer 3

Laud Humphreys - the tearoom trade

Question 4

Overt observation

Answer 4

Venkatesh - gang leader for a day

Question 5

Participant observation

Answer 5

Paul Willis - learning to labour

Question 6

Non participant observation

Answer 6

Gilborn - race ethnicity and education

Question 7

Structured interviews

Answer 7

Young and Willmott - families in the East End/Bethnal Green

Question 8

Semi structured interviews

Answer 8

Anne Oakley - the sociology of housework

Question 9

Unstructured interviews

Answer 9

Pat Carlen - class and gender deals

Question 10

Group interviews

Answer 10

Paul willis - learning to labour

Question 11

Lab experiments

Answer 11

Milgram - study of obedience

Question 12

Field experiments

Answer 12

Bandura - social learning through imitation (Bobo doll experiments)

Question 13

Official statistics

Answer 13

Demographic data

Question 14

Personal documents

Answer 14

Diaries/letters

Question 15

Historical/public

Answer 15

Major government reports/media reports