AS Sociology AQA Research Methods

Research Methods - RRV PETT description

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  • Research Methods
    • RRV PETT
      • P - Practical Factors
        • e.g. time, money, access, availability, skills of research
      • E - Ethical Factors
        • Risk of breaking moral guidelines e.g. deception, invasion of privacy, harm, confidentiality
      • V - Validity
        • Data collected is accurate about the lives of those being studied
      • T - Theoretical Factors
        • Positivism versus interpretivism
      • R - Representativeness
        • When you can take the results from your study of a sample and apply them to the wider population
      • T - Triangulation
        • Using more than one (not necessarily 3) research M to improve your main research method's chances of achieving RRV
      • R - Reliability
        • When someone else could repeat the research and gets the same findings - so the results are not down to the values and bids of the researcher

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sophie toghill

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This was really helpful! My teacher came up with an acronym for these.. (PERVERTT) slightly wierd, but it helps to remember it! The second E stands for 'economics' so if its cheap/expensive etc! :)

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