Social Surveys

Question 1

Doing a social survey involves getting information in what form?

Answer 1

standardised Form

Question 2

1A.) & this is for what size group?

Answer 2

a large group

Question 3

The main survey methods are ? {2}

Answer 3

questionnaires

structured interviews

Question 4

Social Surveys usually result in a large amount of data in a relatively short amount of time, making them ? of society

Answer 4

representative

Question 5

Therefore, Social Surveys are favoured by which type of sociologists?

( if they produce representative data)

Answer 5

positivists

Question 6

Positivists favour Social Surveys because their findings can be generalised to ? ,

studying society on which scale?

Answer 6

wider population

macro

Question 7

An example of a government produced survey is?

How often is it carried out?

Answer 7

Census

every 10yrs

Question 8

Another case study for a Social Survey that isn’t used in any other section is?

Answer 8

British Social Attitudes Survey

Question 9

The British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS) has a sample of around ____ ,

and how is the sample selected?

Answer 9

3000 households are randomly selected from the Postcode Address File

Question 10

BSAS:

asks people a range of questions to measure opinions on things like family l__,

religious belief, im___and environmental issues.

F R I E

Answer 10

family life

immigration

Question 11

British Social Attitudes Survey:

If selected, a researcher visits your ____ where what type of method takes place?

Answer 11

household

structured interview

Question 12

Social Survey’s are {PRACTICALLY} strong because of time & ?

Answer 12

money

Question 13

{PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE} :

Social Surveys are only administered how many times? & they are relatively ___ to complete

Answer 13

once

quick

Question 14

An {ETHICAL} advantage of social surveys is that its easy to obtain?

Answer 14

informed consent

Question 15

{ETHICAL ADVANTAGE} :

how is it easy to get I.C ?

Answer 15

when doing something like a structured interview or questionnaire, it is easy to make the participant aware of the nature of the research

Question 16

As we’ve seen, Positivists favour Social Surveys which means that THEORETICALLY,

what strengths do they have?

Answer 16

reliable/representative

Question 17

Similarly to other structured methods, {PRACTICALLY} Social Surveys lack ?

Answer 17

flexibility

Question 18

{PRACTICAL LIMITATION}:

Why are Social Surveys Inflexible?

Answer 18

the participant cant elaborate on their answers and are limited by the pre-set questions/ideas imposed on them

Question 19

A possible {ETHICAL} limitation of Social Surveys is that they can cover what type of topics?

Answer 19

sensitive topics

Question 20

{ETHICAL LIMITATION} :

If the topics are of a sensitive nature, the respondent might not feel what?

and this can lead to?

Answer 20

comfortable answering {intruding}

incomplete transcripts/data

Question 21

{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :

Social Surveys can be said to lack which V?

Answer 21

validity

Question 22

Why are Social Surveys likely to lack validity?

Answer 22

Responses that participants can choose from might not articulate their truth, which will limit social reality.