AQA GCSE Sociology - Research Methods: Questionnaires

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand how to use questionnaires when investigating sociological issues (e.g. the main features of questions and describe when its appropriate to use, the strengths and weaknesses of questionnaires based on their main features and how to apply our knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of questionnaires to different sociological research topic.

Examines questionnaires in general and postal questionnaires.

Makes links to practical ethical and theoretical issues.

Covers the following key terms: Questionnaires, Postal questionnaires

Key terms you should know that link:
Quantitative data vs Qualitative data – Reliable vs Valid – Practical issues – Ethical issues – Theoretical issues – Positivism vs Interpretivist – Sample size – Representative sample – Generalise findings - Social surveys – Questionnaire - Pre-determined - Closed questions - Open questions - Postal questionnaires - Online questionnaire

INCLUDES ANSWERS FOR ACTIVITIES

Includes model answer, student friendly mark-scheme and example answers ranging from 1-4/ 4 for a research method 4 marker

RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT