OTHER RESEARCH

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  • OTHER TYPES OF RESEARCH
    • LONGITUDINAL
      • + study of same sample over a long period of time
      • + trace development over period of time
      • 7 Up
        • from age 7, interviewed every 7 years
        • focus on how social class changes future
      • Child Of Our Time
        • 25 babies in 2000, infancy ->adults
        • anual interviews with family
      • - Hawthorne effect
      • - time & money
    • EXAMPLES
      • OAKLEY: 'from here to maternity'
        • 2 interviews before & after maternity
      • ARCHER: 'university not for me- i'm a nike person'
        • longitudinal semi- structured interviews with 53 students from working class background
      • CENSUS
        • carried out every 10 years, trace broad patterns of social change
    • CASE STUDY
      • highly detailed, empathy
      • qualitative e.g. unstructured interviews/ participant obsv
      • small scale
        • - generalise & not representitive
    • LIFE HISTORIES
      • qualitative to record individual experience, gives insight
    • EXPERIMENT
      • highly controlled situation, IV&DV
    • COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
      • comparison across countries/cultures, looks at how culture impacts behaviour

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