Lesson 4.1.2.1
4.1.2.1 Applying sociological research methods to education Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1
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Which research method is best for measuring the attitudes of hundreds of pupils across a region?
- Structured questionnaire
- Unstructured interview
- Participant observation
- Personal diary
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Which research method is best suited for studying pupils' informal peer cultures over a year?
- Field experiment
- Official statistics
- Participant observation
- Structured questionnaire
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Which research method uses a control group in a natural setting to test an intervention?
- Structured observation
- Official statistics
- Lab experiment
- Field experiment
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Which of these is an example of secondary quantitative data on educational achievement?
- Observation field notes
- Published GCSE results
- Interview transcripts
- Survey responses
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What essential ethical requirement must researchers obtain before conducting research on pupils?
- Media publicity
- Informed consent
- Verbal approval
- Financial compensation
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What term describes pupils altering their behaviour because they know they are being observed?
- Pygmalion effect
- Halo effect
- Interviewer bias
- Hawthorne effect
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What is a major practical advantage of using official statistics to study educational achievement?
- Deep qualitative detail
- Low response rate
- High validity
- Large sample size
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Why might a written questionnaire produce invalid data when researching sensitive issues like bullying?
- Social desirability bias
- High financial cost
- Lack of reliability
- Small sample size
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Which individual acts as a gatekeeper when a researcher seeks access to a school?
- School governor
- Head teacher
- Local MP
- Exam invigilator
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Which sampling technique gives every pupil in a population an equal chance of selection?
- Random sampling
- Snowball sampling
- Purposive sampling
- Opportunity sampling
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Which sociological concept refers to whether a research method measures what it claims to measure?
- Representativeness
- Reliability
- Generalisability
- Validity
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What is the primary purpose of conducting a pilot study before main research begins?
- Feasibility testing
- Random sampling
- Proving hypotheses
- Theory generation
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What is a major methodological limitation of relying solely on teacher interviews for attainment data?
- Low reliability
- Ethical issues
- Single-source bias
- Hawthorne effect
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Which term describes combining multiple research methods to cross-check findings and improve validity?
- Operationalisation
- Positivism
- Triangulation
- Stratification
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What is a key advantage of using structured interviews with closed questions in schools?
- Deep validity
- High flexibility
- High comparability
- Rich detail
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Which concept describes researchers reflecting on how their own values influence their research?
- Reflexivity
- Reliability
- Objectivity
- Triangulation
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Which research method best allows pupils to describe school experiences in their own words?
- Closed questionnaires
- Structured observation
- Unstructured interviews
- Official statistics
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Which method combination best investigates statistical links between pupil background and school attainment?
- Focus groups
- Case studies
- Participant observation
- Surveys and statistics
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Which practical factor makes unstructured observation difficult to conduct regularly inside a busy secondary school?
- Time constraints
- Informed consent
- High validity
- Ethical approval
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Which method provides the most direct quantitative data on hours teachers spend marking?
- Focus groups
- Time diaries
- Participant observation
- Unstructured interviews
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