1. SECONDARY SOURCES
How many can they think of…

2. Secondary Sources & Triangulation
The BIG Idea
Secondary Sources & Triangulation
Explore the advantages and disadvantages of using secondary sources of information in social research.
Discover what triangulation is, and describe some of the benefits of using it in social research.
We are Learning to...
In today’s lesson...
GOOD learning …
Be able to more than one advantage and more than one disadvantage of using secondary sources to conduct social research, and give a brief definition of triangulation.
GREAT learning …
Be able to two or three advantages and two or three disadvantages of using secondary sources to conduct social research, and give a brief definition of triangulation and explain one benefit of using it in social research.
EVEN BETTER …
Be able to identify and describe three or more advantages and three or more disadvantages of using secondary sources to conduct social research, give a clear definition of triangulation, and explain more than one benefit of using it in social research.
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3. OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
CENSUS
Lots of DEMOGRAPHIC information: birth and death rates, marriages and divorce rates, crime rates, employment and unemployment rates.
EXTENTION: What official statistics exist on education?

4. KS4 Headline Figures at Rossett have been consistently outstanding for 5+ years.

5. DOCUMENTS EXTENTION: What official statistics exist on education?
Refers to any written text, personal diaries, government reports , newspapers, letters, paintings , sounds and images from film .
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS – government , schools , charities
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS – letters, diaries , photo albums and autobiographies
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS – personal or public document created in past.
EXTENTION: What official statistics exist on education?

7. Other Secondary Sources
CASE STUDIES – Detailed examination of a single case such as a school , family or a study of one individual.
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES- a study that follows the same sample or group over a long period of time.
LIFE HISTORIES – case studies of individuals , how they construct and interpret their life worlds.

8. Content Analysis
Objective way of classifying and quantifying a document’s contents.
For example, how many female roles are displayed in a child’s book?
These are simply counted and interpreted.
TOM AND JERRY EXERCISE

9. Bechdel Test Movie List
/bech·del test/ n.
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

10. Content Analysing Your Text Messages
Word Count.
Instances of swear words
Insults to the other person
Instances of ‘text speak’ e.g. LOL
Number of instances of ‘love you’

11. Triangulation The use of more than one method of research.
This helps assess the validity of the research methods and data produced.
Usually, it involves the use of a method which generates quantitative data – e.g. official sources.
Usually this is combined with a qualitative method such as unstructured interviews or observation.

12. Eileen Barker – Making Of A Moonie
In the 1970’s Barker studied the Unification Church (Moonies). Famous for mass weddings, this religious cult had been accused of brainwashing and breaking up families.

13. Barker’s Triangulation Method
Barker used 3 main methods
In-depth interviews (6-8 hours)
Participant Observation (at several (at centres over the time period)
42 page questionnaire
Her research lasted 7 years
She believed her approach gave her much fuller information than any one data source could have done.

14. Using Official Statistics in Social Research
Advantages
Disadvantages
John Scott’s “ASSESSING DOCUMENTS”
Authenticity
Credibility
Representativeness
Meaning

15. Essay Plan
Assess the strengths and limitations of using secondary sources of data in social research.
20 marks

16. Secondary Sources & Triangulation
The BIG Idea
Secondary Sources & Triangulation
Explore the advantages and disadvantages of using secondary sources of information in social research.
Discover what triangulation the benefits of using it in social research.
We are Learning to...
In today’s lesson...
GOOD learning …
Be able to more than one advantage and more than one disadvantage of using secondary sources to conduct social research, and give a brief definition of triangulation.
GREAT learning …
Be able to more two or three advantages and two or three disadvantages of using secondary sources to conduct social research, and give a brief definition of triangulation and explain one benefit of using it in social research.
EVEN BETTER …
Be able to identify and describe three or more advantages and three or more disadvantages of using secondary sources to conduct social research, give a clear definition of triangulation, and explain more than one benefit of using it in social research.
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