key practical

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

to investigate whether gender differences on public transport such as politeness

Question 2

hypothesis

Answer 2

difference in the no. of males and females who thank the bus driver

Question 3

design points

Answer 3

data is unrelated
covert observation
opportunity sampling

Question 4

collecting data

Answer 4

tallying of seen behaviour. only observe one thing

Question 5

controls

Answer 5

ensure you have 2 people collecting data on the same bus

consider noting when passengers get suspicious

Question 6

ethics

Answer 6

in public so considered ethical

completely confidential

Question 7

procedure

Answer 7

hour long journey
51 passengers
chi squared test (nominal data)

Question 8

qualitative data

Answer 8

• men said thanks mate or thank you driver and engaged in small talk
• women just said thank you and more likely to make eye contact
• generated code
• searched for themes
• reviewing themes
• defining and naming themes

Question 9

strengths

Answer 9

• covert observation so natural reactions
• inter rater reliability
• ethical
• thematic analysis well suited to large data sets

Question 10

weaknesses

Answer 10

• experimental validity as no controls in place
• small sample so not generalisable
• interpreting of thematic analysis