Evidence of Right Wing Media Bias
Is there a right-wing bias in the British media? Here I explore some of the sociological evidence which suggests that […]
content analysis, Media, research methods
research methods
research methods
Good Resources for Teaching and Learning Research Methods
Being able to choose appropriate research methods and executing those methods effectively are absolutely essential if we are to collect
research methods, Statistics
Evaluating the Usefulness of Official Statistics
Official Statistics are numerical data collected by governments and their agencies. This post examines a ranges of official statistics collected by the
positivism, research methods
Scientific Quantitative Methodology in Sociology
Positivists prefer to the limit themselves the study of objective ‘social facts’ and use statistical data and the comparative method
experiments, research methods
Experiments in Sociology – Revision Notes
Definitions, key features and the theoretical, practical and ethical strengths and limitations of laboratory and field experiments applied to sociology
experiments, research methods
Milgram’s Obedience Experiment – Strengths and Limitations
A laboratory experiment designed to test how obedient people are to authority.
Families and Households, Pot Luck, research methods, surveys
Surveys on Family Life in the UK
Social Surveys are one of the most common methods for routinely collecting data in sociology and the social sciences more
research methods, Statistics
Why Do Voting Opinion Polls Get it Wrong So Often?
Surveys which ask how people intend to vote in major elections seem to get it wrong more often than not,
Exams and revision advice, research methods
Research Methods – 4 Mark ‘Outline’ Questions for AS Sociology
One of the questions (worth 4 marks) in the research methods section of the AS sociology 7191 (2) research methods with
Exams and revision advice, research methods
Outline and Explain Two Theoretical Problems of Using Social Surveys in Social Research
Firstly, social surveys suffer from the imposition problem, closed questions limits what respondents can say Interpretivists argue respondents have diverse