Identities

Question 1

Define identity.

Answer 1

1. How you’re perceived by others and now you present yourself.
2. Eg. gender identity and ethnic identity

Question 2

What are the 7 different elements of a person’s identity?

Answer 2

1. Social class
2. Gender
3. Sexuality
4. Ethnicity
5. Nationality
6. Age
7. Disability

Question 3

What do positivists believe?

Answer 3

1. Research should be focused on measurement rather than understanding
2. Prioritise objectivity and reliability
3. Favour quantitative data as it allows patterns and trends to be seen.

Question 4

What do interpretivists believe?

Answer 4

1. Seek to understand meanings and subjective experiences of their subjects.
2. Favour qualitative methods as it’s high in validity
3. Seek to gain verstehen - understanding

Question 5

What are the 5 key terms?

Answer 5

1. Ethics
2. Operationalise
3. Rapport
4. Verstehen
5. Reflexivity

Question 6

Define ethics.

Answer 6

Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.

Question 7

Define ethics.

Answer 7

Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.

Question 8

Define operationalise.

Answer 8

Process of defining a concept so that it’s measurable.

Question 9

Define rapport.

Answer 9

Ability to relate to others that creates trust and understanding.

Question 10

Define verstehen.

Answer 10

Empathetic understanding of human behaviour.

Question 11

Define reflexivity.

Answer 11

Awareness that values always affect research findings and goal for researcher becomes to reflect on how their values affect their findings.

Question 12

What are the 4 different types of interviews?

Answer 12

1. Structured
2. Unstructured
3. Semi structured
4. Focus groups

Question 13

What are the strengths of structured interviews?

Answer 13

1. Standardised - reliable and objective
2. High response rate- large sample size to increase validity and generalisability
3. Pre coded options- reliable and objective

Question 14

What are the weaknesses of structured interviews?

Answer 14

1. Standardised answers
2. Time consuming - smaller sample decrease validity and generalisability
3. Interviewer present- biased

Question 15

What are the strengths of semistructured interviews?

Answer 15

1. Flexible structure - validity,build rapport
   2.high response rate- large sample to increase validity and generalisability
2. Informed consent- build up rapport and validity

Question 16

What are the weaknesses of semistructured interviews?

Answer 16

1. Time consuming - low sample decreases validity and generalisability
2. Interviewer present- biased answers
3. Privacy invasion

Question 17

What are the strengths of unstructured interviews?

Answer 17

1. Flexible-validity
2. Build rapport
3. Verstehen

Question 18

What are the weaknesses of constructured interviews?

Answer 18

1. Conversational flow- reduce reliability
2. Time consuming
3. No standardisation- no patterns

Question 19

What are the strengths of focus groups?

Answer 19

1. Enables exploration
2. Flexible
3. Meanings and feelings

Question 20

What are the weaknesses of focus groups?

Answer 20

1. Data recording and analysis difficult
2. May not disclose sensitive information
3. Response may be subject to social desirability

Question 21

What are structured interviews?

Answer 21

Closed questions (quantitative)

Question 22

What are unstructured interviews?

Answer 22

Informal- open answers (qualitative)

Question 23

What are semistructured interviews?

Answer 23

Mixture of structured and unstructured

Question 24

What are focus groups?

Answer 24

Group discussions