Social Surveys
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- Created on: 31-12-19 17:51
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- Social Surveys
- APPROACH
- Cross -Sectional
- "Snapshot Studies"
- Provides Information about ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT
- Longitudinal
- Information gathered over a LONG PERIOD OF TIME
- Changes in Behaviour of Attitudes can be TRACED OVER TIME
- Cross -Sectional
- THREE AIMS
- 1. Discover FACTUAL and BLUNT Information about a GROUP of PEOPLE
- 2. Discover Differences in BELIEFS, VALUES and BEHAVIOUR between People
- 3. Test a HYPOTHESIS and gather information to CONFIRM or DENY
- WHAT IS A SOCIAL SURVEY
- SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION of LARGE AMOUNTS of DATA
- LARGE NUMBER of PEOPLE
- Relatively SHORT TIME
- APPROACH
- THREE TYPES
- Factual Surveys
- Descriptive Information
- E.G Census
- Attitude Surveys
- Subjective Opinions
- e.g Opinion Polls
- Explanatory Surveys
- Testing Theories
- Producing New Theories on a Topic
- Social Surveys
- APPROACH
- Cross -Sectional
- "Snapshot Studies"
- Provides Information about ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT
- Longitudinal
- Information gathered over a LONG PERIOD OF TIME
- Changes in Behaviour of Attitudes can be TRACED OVER TIME
- Cross -Sectional
- THREE AIMS
- 1. Discover FACTUAL and BLUNT Information about a GROUP of PEOPLE
- 2. Discover Differences in BELIEFS, VALUES and BEHAVIOUR between People
- 3. Test a HYPOTHESIS and gather information to CONFIRM or DENY
- WHAT IS A SOCIAL SURVEY
- SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION of LARGE AMOUNTS of DATA
- LARGE NUMBER of PEOPLE
- Relatively SHORT TIME
- APPROACH
- Factual Surveys
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