REVISING STUDYING SOCIETY Learning objective: To independently answer short mark exam questions. Starter: Splat! Work on your own to write as many definitions of the terms on the next slide as you can, but make sure the key term is not in your definition, e.g. Covert research means... This tem means....

Splat.  Let’s play Splat! 1. Work on your own to write as many definitions of the terms on the next slide as you can, but make sure the key term is not in your definition, e.g. Covert research means... This tem means Mins

Closed questions Covert Data Hypothesis Interview schedule Participant Observation Non-participant observation Official statistics Overt Pilot study Questionnaire Primary dataQuantitative data Response rate Secondary data

Connector continued Now we need 2 volunteers to come to the board to compete against each other. 3. The rest of the class needs to call out a definition of any one of the key terms and the faster of the two players to see the answer on the board covers it with his or her hand. This scores a winning point – the rest of the class have to make sure the players are covering the correct terms. 4. Then, we have 2 new volunteers come to the board until everyone has taken part once.

Task 1: Mind map  Complete the mind map on studying society using your revision booklets 20 Mins

Task 2: Short mark exam questions  What is a pilot study? (2 marks) A pilot study is a small practice version of a main study that helps you spot mistakes before doing the full thing  Identify two different ways of delivering questionnaires.(2 marks) Postal questionnaire Hand-delivered

Task 2: Short mark exam questions  Explain one way in which sociological research might help educational authorities to design policies to reduce educational underachievement in Britain. (4 marks)  One way in which sociological research might help educational authorities to design policies to reduce educational underachievement is by carrying out research into the reasons who some children, e.g. working class, some ethnic minorities and boys underachieve. For example, Sociological research has shown that some ethnic minorities underachieve because they face racism in school from other children and even teachers. The government can use this information to create a policy of training teachers how not to label children negatively.

 Explain the difference between data that is valid and data that is reliable. (4 marks)  Data is valid when your results reflect the ‘true picture’ of the people you are studying.  Data is reliable when another researcher is able to repeat your study exactly the way you did and gets the same results.

 Describe how sociologists investigate families and their lives compared with how journalists might investigate families and their lives. (4 marks) Sociologists would use methods such as interviews to study family life by asking questions about, e.g. who does what household task to find out about gender roles and how far they have changed. On the other hand, journalists would focus on reporting certain family types in a biased manner, e.g. lone parents as dependent on benefits, without actually doing any research into families.

 Identify one ethical issue that you may need to consider and explain how you could deal with this issue in your investigation (4 marks). One ethical issue I need to consider is anonyidity. This is where I have to protect the identity of the teenagers taking part in the interviews when I publish my findings. I would deal with this by using fake names instead of their real names and look after the recording I make during the interview so no one finds out who they are.

 Identify one primary research method that you would use and explain why it is better than another possible primary method for your investigation (6 marks). One primary research method you could use when investigating importance of family life to teenagers is unstructured interviews. This is where the researcher has an informal conversation with teenagers and only has a list of topics they want to cover. This is better than using observations because an interview is qualitative research that lets you gather lots of detailed information about why the family is so important from teenagers. An observation wouldn’t be as good because you can only watch behaviours of teenagers at home which doesn’t tell you how they feel. They might also change their behaviour because they know they are being watched which is called the Hawthorne effect.

 Identify one sampling method that you could use and explain why it is better than another possible sampling method for your investigation.(6 marks) One sampling method that you could use to investigate the importance of family life to teenagers is quota sampling This is where the researcher is sent out with instructions to find families with teenagers and parent from the target population. This is a good method to use because it is quick and easier than other methods like stratified sampling so you can find teenagers living with parents quickly. You also don’t already have a sampling frame that lists everyone’s names and addresses so if you use another sampling method you will struggle to find and select teenagers.

 Identify one secondary research method that you would use and explain why it is better than another possible secondary research method for your investigation (6 marks).  One secondary research method you could use to investigate the importance of family life to teenagers is analysing diaries that teenagers have written to look for comments about the family.  This is better than another method like quantitative government statistics but they give your detailed qualitative information about why teenagers think family life is important. Statistics don’t do this.  You can then use this information to carry out your own primary research to find out more details in that area.

Home learning  Revise for both unit 1 and unit 2 exam  3 more lessons before the first exam  13 days left…