|
Topic
area
|
Homework/Reading
|
|
7
9/2
|
The
distinctions between
Primary
and Secondary Data
Quantitative
& qualitative
Surveys,
experiments, longitudinal studies, case studies, comparative
research
|
Reading
set
|
|
8
16/2
|
Half term
|
|
|
9
23/2
|
Positivism
and interpretivism
Phenomenology
Functionalism
Marxism
Hawthorne
effect
Historical
research
|
p.643
p.609
p.624
|
10
1/3
|
Interviews
Participant
observation: covert v overt
Ethics
|
Exam essay choice: participant observation or interviews
|
|
11
8/3
|
Statistics
(theory & statistics)
Feminist
research
Value
freedom
|
p.644-646
646-648
|
12
15/3
|
Practical
considerations: choice of research topic
Triangulation
Ethnographic
studies
Class
exam paper (open)
|
Examination
revision
p.632-633
|
|
13
22/3
|
Sampling
techniques
Questionnaires
Content
analysis
Class
exam paper (open)
|
- Examination
revision
- Summary
exercise
For Content analysis, longitudinal studies,
content analysis, ethnographic studies, triangulation, p
observation, interviews, questionnaires, surveys find 3 studies to
represent each method. Write 50 word summaries.
Hand in week ending 29/3
read
p.611-613
|
|
14
29/3
|
A
little more on longitudinal studies
Sociology
and science
Validity,
representativeness, reliability, generalisability
Class
exam paper (open)
|
Examination
revision
p.624
p.636-638
|
|
15
5/4
|
Easter
|
|
|
16
12/4
|
Easter
|
|
|
17
19/4
|
Revision
|
|
|
18
26/4
|
Revision
|
|
