practical Flashcards
(18 cards)
what was the aim of our study
to investigate differences in prejudice towards migrants between authoritarians and non authoritarians
what was the alternative hypothesis of our practical
people who have high authoritarian scores will have lower scores on attitudes towards migrants in the questionnaire out of 50 and low scores in the authoritarianism out of 4
what were the age ranges of our practical
16+ in the west midlands
how many pps did we use for our study
24 pps
how many pps were 16-17
20
how many pps were 18-25
3
how many pps were 25+
1
were our pps representative of the target population
no
what was the gender balance of our sample
only 1 male pp and 25 female pps
what is a limitation of our study
researcher bias- we chose the pps that will take part
how was researcher bias minimised in our study
questionnaire was done online
how was our data collection unreliable
only one method of data collection way used making this less reliable
why may reliability be a weakness of our study
questionnaire was located online
what is an improvement we could have made to our practical
1.we could have added filler questions to reduce social desirability
2. larger sample size
what is thematic analysis
method of identifying, analysing and interpreting qualitative data
what are the stages of thematic analysis
we divide large numbers of qualitative data and then use it to analyse the data without losing its meaning
what are advantages of thematic analysis
- allows us to identify themes
- allows us to analyse qualitative data
- novel insights into behaviour
- retaining meaning of data
what are challenges to thematic analysis
- time consuming
- subjective
3, difficult to do with a large number of pp - bias
