Research Method

Question 1

What are the stages of a thematic analysis

Answer 1

1 familiarise yourself with the data
2generate initial codes
3 group codes into theme
4 name themes
5review themes
6 produce a final report

Question 2

What are the stages of a content analysis

Answer 2

1 read the data
2 identify common themes
3 total how many times the themes occur
4count how many times important words occur within the themes

Question 3

What is a correlation co efficient

Answer 3

-1 strong negative correlation
0 no correlation
+1 strong positive correlation

Question 4

What are the 3 types of interviews

Answer 4

Structures interviews
Semi structured interviews
Unstructured interviews

Question 5

What is meant by a structured interview

Answer 5

Has set questions to ask to participant which are planned before the interview

Question 6

What is meant by a semi structured interview

Answer 6

Has some set questions which are planned before the interview to ask to the participant but also has some questions which can be made up during the interview
Often follow up questions to the set questions

Question 7

What is meant by an unstructured interview

Answer 7

Has no set questions , all questions which are asked during the interview were made up on the spot

Question 8

What is a strength of a structured interview

Answer 8

+it is standardised because it has set questions so can be repeated to get more reliable results

Question 9

What is a weakness of a structured interview

Answer 9

Can not ask follow up questions so may not obtain detailed answers so results will be less valid

Question 10

What is a strength of a semi structured interview ,

Answer 10

Can make up some questions during the interview so can ask follow up questions to the pre planned questions so answers will be more detailed and therefore more valid

Question 11

What is a weakness of a semi structured interview

Answer 11

Time consuming because the interviewer has to create a question plan before the interview so may be less likely to be repeated therefore results will be less reliable

Question 12

What is a strength of an unstructured interview

Answer 12

Questions are made up during interview so is easy to conduct more likely to be repeated so more reliable

Question 13

What is a weakness of an unstructured interview

Answer 13

Not standardised can’t be repeated so results will be less reliable

Question 14

What is a field experiment

Answer 14

Done in a real life environment no variables are controlled

Question 15

What is a lab experiment

Answer 15

Done in an artificial environment with variables controlled by

Question 16

What is a weakness of a field experiment

Answer 16

Not standardised to can’t be repeated to get more reliable results

Risk of extraneous variables impacting results

Question 17

What is a strength of a field experiment

Answer 17

High in ecological validity results will be more valid
Reduce demand characteristics

Question 18

Weakness of a lab experiment

Answer 18

Low ecological validity
Increased chance of demand characteristics in a controlled environment

Question 19

Strength of a lab experiment

Answer 19

Standardised so can be repeated

Reduces extraneous variables

Question 20

What is a strength of a questionnaire

Answer 20

Easy to conduct , hand out questions to participants
Standardised so can be repeated

Question 21

What is a weakness of a questionaire

Answer 21

Chance of social desirability and demand characteristics

Question 22

What is cross sectional research

Answer 22

Looking at a trait using a range of different ages
Short term study
Aimed to look at a development of trait across time

Question 23

What is a strength of cross sectional research

Answer 23

Less time consuming , over a short period of time using a range of ages more likely to be repeated so more reliable

Question 24

What is a weakness of cross sectional research

Answer 24

Chance of participant variable when using different groups of ages
EG cohort effect when something effects a group (covid)
Results will be less valid

Question 25

How do u conduct a cross sectional research

Answer 25

Gather a sample of … people which are varied in age Carry out interviews on people about this trait Conduct the interviews at the same time on all of the ages Compare the results from the interviews on the people from all different ages to see the development of a trait

Question 26

What is corrlational research

Answer 26

Looking at how 2 co variables influence each other Positive correlation - as one co variable increases the other co variable also increases Negative correlation - as one variable increases the other variable decreases Conducting a spearman’s rank to find a correlation / relationship Producing a correlation co efficient between -1 and 1

Question 27

What is a strength of correlational research

Answer 27

No manipulation of variables , more ethical so more likely to be repeated , more reliable Secondary data , easy to gather more likely to be repeated , more reliable

Question 28

What is a weakness of correlational research

Answer 28

No cause and effect may not be measuring right thing , less valid No control over extraneous variables results may be less valid