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Sociology paper 1
Advantage of questionnaires - correct answer ✔reliable data
cheap
large scale of people


Disadvantage of questionnaires - correct answer ✔lack of validity=lies
questions misunderstood
information might not be as in depth as needed to be.


Sociological approach - correct answer ✔Look at the change over time, slow
and long approach
Relationships between things.
They like to compare data
Search for evidence as proof
Research projects


Biological approach - correct answer ✔Experiments
genetics
DNA
inheritance/genes
focus on hereditary links/blood ties between family


Gender Stereotypes - correct answer ✔Gender is the social construction of
how someone identifies themselves as male or female. Stereotypes are
oversimplified views of a social group making assumptions that all the people
in the social group share the prejudice feature. Therefore gender stereotypes

, are oversimplified views based on whether they are male or female. A male
stereotype is that they have to be masculine, aggressive and strong whereas
a female stereotype is that they have to be nurturing, weak and attractive.
These stereotypes happen widely in media.


Government increase female physics. - correct answer ✔Sociologists could
carry out research through a series of observations to find out what could
increase girls taking a physics course from this they could find that it is down
to campaigning and actually seeing other females do it. This could help
schools as they could place more physics posters around the school
associating them with women to influence girls. Government could also have
policies in place to make sure there are photos of women in physics books
and league tables for results of females in physics to encourage girls to
complete a physics course.


pilot study and why? - correct answer ✔what? It is a small scale study before
the real one- like a practice study. From this you can tell if you're questions
are clear, mean the same to everyone and provide what you're looking for.
Why? See if it actually works and get the results you were expecting. No
misunderstanding of questions. And you can make any last changes to it
before carrying out the real thing.


Secondary source and why? - correct answer ✔Secondary source- Media,
Government report.
Why? collecting it from someone else means you can compare data. Look for
similar trends and patterns. Look for the relationships between two things.
Can tell where action is needed for example official statistics.
Can also help to see if you're data is accurate or correct.


A method if interviewing and why this over postal questionnaires? - correct
answer ✔method:Unstructured interviews- like an informal conversation. Ask
questions relatively freely yet it heads in the right direction.

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