Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: Positivism and Interpretivism Primary and Secondary data Qualitative and Quantitative data Factors influencing choice of methods (Practical, Ethical, Theoretical etc.)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Comte, Weber and Marx Durkheim- rationalism and disenchantment Parsons- structural differentiation Bruce- “God is Dead”

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Characteristics of open belief systems Characteristics of closed belief systems Popper- science as an open belief system Khun- science as a closed belief system

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: Positivism Interpretivism Triangulation Ethical Issues

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: validity and reliability aims and hypotheses pilot studies types of sampling

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Reigious Organisations The Church Denominations Religious Cults

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: practical (time, access, skills, cost) ethical (informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality, protection from harm, social desirability) reliability validity examples representativeness theoretical- preferred by positivists or interpretivists

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item B and your knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using covert participant observation to investigate pupils with behavioural difficulties (20)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons for the decline in traditional religious belief in the U.K (10)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item I, analyse two ways in which religion benefits the ruling class (10 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Evaluate the view that older people tend to be more religious than young people (20)

MODEL ANSWER Identify and explain two reasons why older people appear to be more religious than young people (10)

MODEL ANSWER Evaluate the claim that religion in Britain today is not declining; instead, it is changing form (20)

MODEL ANSWER Evaluate the view that women are the main consumers of religion (20)

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain TWO reasons for gender differences in educational achievement (10 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two reasons why women appear to have a higher participation rate in religion than men (10)

MODEL ANSWER Identify and briefly explain two characteristics of NAMs (10 marks)

MODEL ANSWERS Questions: Using Extract A, calculate the total number of non-EU migrant workers employed in the UK in 2016. (2 marks) Explain how the data in Extract A shows that the number of EU migrant workers in the UK has increased faster than the number of non-EU migrant workers in the UK. (4 marks) Using the data in Extract D, calculate the percentage change in the price of oil from the lowest point in 2016 to the point at the end of the period. (2 marks) Using the data in Extract A, calculate to one decimal place, the percentage change in the total net trade balance in goods with the UK’s top five trade partners from February-April 2012 to February-April 2013. (2 marks) Explain how the data in Extract A shows that the UK is having more success in trading goods with the rest of the world than with Europe. (4 marks) If UK GDP in 2012 was $2375 billion, use the data in Extract D to calculate, to the nearest $billion, the difference in forecast UK GDP between IMF’s initial and revised growth forecasts (2 marks) Explain how the data in Extract D shows that the IMF has become less confident about growth rates (4 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Taking into account Extract D and the original evidence, do you support the view that more economic stimulus is necessary in the UK economy? Justify your argument (25 marks)