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£100 2 marks Participant Observation research is: A Qualitative |
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£200 2 marks Good participant observation aims to be particularly: A Valid |
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£500 3 marks The advantages of Participant Observation research include: D Respondents' perspective |
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£1000 (fall back position) 4 marks Participant Observation is the main research method used in: A Ethnography |
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£2000 5 marks Which sociologist below is NOT known as a leading a participant observer? D Peter Wilmott |
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£4000 5 marks Participant observation is often criticised (as a disadvantage) for being: B Subjective |
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£8000 6 marks Robert Park told his colleagues to "go get the seat of your pants dirty in real research" (Park, 1927), meaning participant observation. Where did he and his colleagues work? B Chicago |
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£16000 8 marks List at least two ways in which a researcher can join a group to carry out participant observation
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£320000 (fall back position) 8 marks Describe at least two ways in which a researcher can protect the anonymity of those researched
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£640000 8 marks Participant observation is said to be more valid if: D The researcher waits for answers to emerge |
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£125000 10 marks List at least two advantages of participant observation as a research method
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£250000 10 marks Describe an ethical issue that arises after a researcher leaves a group
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£500000 13 marks Describe an Observation Schedule and explain why this method conducted by a researcher in a group is not participant observation. An observation schedule involves a person watching and recording their activities on the basis of time spent. This person does not participate and does not blend in to the group. Little meaning is acquired from this form of observing and is likely to be quantitative in results. |
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£1000000 16 marks In the inductive nature of participant observation, describe the three part process of how hypotheses are used in research up to and including in the final report. In observing the behaviour of a group, tentative hypotheses can be generated to account for the behaviour; in the writing of the research hypotheses can be suggested with evidence offered, and crucially the report must show how far the evidence supports these hypotheses. |