1) Positivists prefer the use of a) Quantitative methods b) Qualitative methods c) A combination of both quantitative and qualitative methods 2) Unstructured interviews are good because they allow the researcher to... a) Spot patterns and trends easily b) Gather large sample sizes c) Build rapport and verstehen 3) Stratified sampling is when a) participants are selected based on their availability b) Participants are selected by choosing every nth person from a list c) participants respond to an advertisement d) participants are selected proportionally to the population 4) Which of these is an ethical guideline outlined by sociologists a) Informed consent b) Protection of participants and researcher from harm c) Confidentiality and Privacy d) all of the above 5) Interpretivists prefer which method... a) Content analysis b) Observation c) Questionnaires d) Official statistics 6) Primary data is... a) Numerical data b) Data collected by third parties which is used by the researcher c) Data which is collected directly by the researcher d) Written data 7) The 4 mark question asks you to a) 'Summarise the data in...' b) 'Outline one reason for...' 8) How many sources are there on the research methods paper? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 9) Which of these is an example of a NON-random sampling method a) Stratified sampling b) Opportunity sampling c) Cluster sampling d) Simple random sampling 10) One strength of participant observations is...  a) They collect large amounts of data in one go b) They allow researchers to remain completely objective c) They allow greater insight into the experience of the participants d) They are easily replicable 11) The 25 mark question breakdown is... a) AO1- 10 AO3- 15  b) AO1 5 AO2 10 AO3 10 c) AO1 5 AO2 5 AO3 15 d) AO2 5 AO3 20 12) Positivists like official statistics because... a) They allow researchers to collect large amounts of data b) They allow researchers to spot patterns and trends c) They are quick and easy to analyse d) All of the above 13) Which of these is a strength of building rapport with participants? a) Validity b) Reliability 14) Longitudinal studies are a) Studies which are long-winded and boring b) Studies which use long questionnaires c) Studies conducted over a long period of time 15) Ethnography is an approach preferred by a) Positivists b) Interpretivists 16) 'Going native' is a criticism and a risk of which method? a) Ethnography b) Questionnaires c) Focus groups d) Structured interviews 17) In which type of interview can we use computer systems to ask the questions? a) Unstructured b) Structured c) Semi- structured 18) Which research method does not involve the use of participants a) Observation b) Semi-structured interviews c) Content analysis d) Ethnography

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