STUDYING SOCIETY II
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- Created on: 17-04-14 11:59
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- Studying Society II
- Interviews
- Structure (formal) interviews. Based on standard interview schedule.
- Advantages
- Can see differences in opinions or attitudes between interviewees'.
- Compare interviewees' responses and measure the strength of a connection between different factors.
- Questions can be replicated to check the findings are reliable.
- Interviewers are trained in interviewing techniques, so they can clarify the meaning of questions and clear up any misunderstandings.
- Limitations
- Interviewees' may lie to try and shock or impress the interviewer.
- Potential for interview and interviewer bias.
- When using the same questions and having a certain amount of time it closes of some new and interesting issues and areas, limiting the interviewees' opinions
- Advantages
- Unstructured interviews offer flexibility.
- Limitations
- Time consuming and expensive.
- Not easy to conduct.
- Interviewer bias
- Difficult to replicate interview to check the reliabilty
- Less interviews because it is time consuming meaning smaller sample size.
- Advantages
- Much more flexible. Interviewer can clarify and rephrase. Also they can prompt, probe and ask additional questions
- Interviewees' have the opportunity to talk at length in there own words. They develop answers and introduce new points. So more in depth account of topic.
- Limitations
- Group Interviews are like small group discussions covering a number of relevant areas and themes
- Advanrages
- Wide range of views, rich source of information on a topic.
- Individuals can be asked to do follow up single interviews.
- Individuals may feel more comfortable putting there opinions across in a group.
- Limitations
- Topic may be sensitive.
- Peer pressure
- Confidentiality is not guaranteed
- Advanrages
- Structure (formal) interviews. Based on standard interview schedule.
- Longitudinal Studies
- Longitudinal studies are studies of a group of people over time. Changes overtime, for example in people's social attitudes and experience can be examined
- Advantages
- Changes like people's daily lives, experience, behaviour, values,opinions, attitudes and expectations can be identified.
- Limitations
- It's expensive.
- Researcher involvement may lead to a change in behaviour of participants
- (BALL) Hard to stay in contact with participants over time.
- People may change there minds and decide they do not want to take part anymore.
- Advantages
- Longitudinal studies are studies of a group of people over time. Changes overtime, for example in people's social attitudes and experience can be examined
- Observation
- Overt PO (open)
- Advantage: It's ethical as people know. Disadvantage: May influence participants behaviour.
- Covert PO (closed)
- Advantage: Can develop knowledge on illegal activity. People won't change their behaviour. Disadvantage: It's not ethical. May be reluctant to ask questions as it may blow their cover.
- Particpant
- Advantages
- Study in natural, non-artificial,everyday settings.
- More reliable and truthful view of group.
- May not want to be interview, so only way.
- Limitations
- Difficult to gain entry on group
- Hard to gain groups trust
- Expensive and time consuming
- Hard to take down notes etc
- Over involvement may lead to biased results
- Advantages
- Non-Participant
- Advantages
- Less likely to get over involved. Results are not biased.
- Can write things down. It's Ethical.
- Limitations
- More difficult to see through the groups eyes.(Less understanding)
- Group members may change there behaviour
- More difficult to see through the groups eyes.(Less understanding)
- Advantages
- Overt PO (open)
- Interviews
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