RM key terms

• which type of data is usually gathered from a questionnaire?

  Quantitative
• which type of data can be gathered by asking open ended questions?

  Qualitative
• which research method uses questionnaires to gather qualitative data on a large scale topic?

  Survey
• Which research method involves participants answering a list of questions either online or on paper?

  questionnaire
• which type of interview involves the researcher asking all of the respondents exactly the same questions in the same way?

  structured interview
• which interview is more like a conversation as it is so in-depth?

  unstructured interview
• which type of interview has less flexibility than an unstructured interview and less rigidity structured interview?

  semi structured interview
• which research method encourages a group of people to discuss an issue?

  focus groups
• in which type of research method of the research should become a member of the group being studied as much as possible?

  participant observation
• which type of research method involves the researcher being with the group but not part of it?

  non participant observation
• why type of participant observation is conducted secretly?

  covert
• which type of participant observation is conducted openly?

  overt
• what name is given to any research used by a study that was not created for the study and came from another researcher?

  secondary resources
• which secondary source is the most widely used in sociological research conducted by positivists?

  official statistics (ONS)
• What is the name of the list of all the members of the target population?

  sample frame
• which type of sample means that each member of the target population has exactly the same change of be picked and is similar to a lottery system?

  random sample
• which type of sampling divides the target population into categories and then samples each category separately?

  stratified sampling
• which type of sampling method is used by market researchers who collect data in public places such as shopping centres?

  quota sampling
• What needs to be considered before any research study in order to safeguard the participants of the research?

  ethics
• which ethical issue focuses on ensuring participants are aware of the research taking place and give their permission for it to happen?

  consent
• which term describes when researchers make use of more than one method to collect the data in order to compare the different types?

  triangulation
• which research approach favours quantitative data?

  positivism
• Which research approach favours qualitative data?

  interpretivism
• which key term describes the extent to which a sample can be said to reflect the social characteristics of the target population from which it is drawn?

  representativeness
• if a research study is repeated and a similar results are recorded this means the data is what?

  reliable
• if data is said to be genuine and measures what it claims to be measured it is known as?

  valid
• which term describes where data obtained from a small group of people can be applied to a whole population?

  Generalisability
• which key term is concerned with the bias in order to ensure that personal values/beliefs do not affect how the data is measured?

  objectivity