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Flashcards by ashiana121, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by ashiana121
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| Question | Answer |
| Why is it often impractical to study all the members of a research group we are interested in? | Size, lack of time, lack of money etc |
| What is a sample? | A smaller part of a whole research population that the sociologist decides to study |
| What is the sampling frame? | A list of the members of the research population from which the sample can be chosen |
| If a sample has the same characteristics, in the same proportions as the wider research population it is said to be what? | Representative |
| Why is representativeness important to positivists? | They want to make generalisations and discover general laws of social behaviour |
| _____ samples are less likely to be representative of larger populations | Small |
| Why may interpretivists feel it less important to use a representative sample? | They are interested in the meanings held by social actors - less interested in trying to establish laws of social behaviour |
| What are the 4 types of sampling? | Random sampling Systematic sampling Stratified sampling Quota sampling |
| Which sampling method involved selecting every 'n'th person? | Systematic |
| What does this reduce? | The chance of a biased sample being randomly selected |
| Which sampling method involves every member of the sampling frame having an equal chance of being selected? | Random sampling |
| However what are all random samples not large enough to do? | Reflect the characteristics of the entire research population |
| Which sampling method involves the researcher first breaking down the research population by age, class, gender etc? | Statified |
| What happens next in stratified sampling? | The sample is then created from the same proportions of each groups of the population |
| What is quotas sampling? | It involves stratifying the sample Interviewers are given a quota of people which they have to fill with respondents who fit these characteristics |
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