Quantative research

Question 1

gender and household breadwinners- oakley
(the main ideas)

Answer 1

1.males felt pressure to bring income into the family as they had high gender expectations and it was the norms they had to provide.
2. woman felt increase happiness when earning more money and income.
3. find out the happiness of breadwinners

Question 2

features of the gender household and breadwinners

Answer 2

1. operationalise questions- happiness may be interpretated differently so had to score extent of happiness.

Question 3

gender household and breadwinners(positives)

Answer 3

1. social survey sent out so quicker and wide scale
2. gain big sample for generalisbilty
   3.big sample may represent a wider pop
3. more straightforward analysis

Question 4

gender household and breadwinners(negatives)

Answer 4

1. no built rapport couldn’t open up more and build a connection
   2.may misninterpret Qs or need clarfications
   3.closed Qs so couldnt elaborate and provide more rich detail
   criticized due to biases and ambiguity of Qs

Question 5

Questionnaires - reprsentativness

Answer 5

High in representativeness since its quick and easy data to obtain in a big sample and reflect more of the social charactersics of a target population

Question 6

Questionnaires- validity

Answer 6

Low in validity
closed Qs cant open up and elaborate
social desirability answer in a socially acceptable manner
misinterpret Qs researcher isn’t there to clarify

Question 7

Questionnaires- reliability

Answer 7

high in reliablity
same Qs and structure to all
easier to repeat and gain similar findings