Tag: secondary data
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Cross National Comparison Research Task
Below is a task students of A-level sociology can usefully do to give them a feel for doing Cross National Research. The main aim of this research task is to illustrate some of the strengths and limitations of doing cross national comparisons. Select any one of the questions below and use the resources nuder the…
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Autobiographies in social research
An autobiography is an account of the life of an individual, written by that individual, sometimes with the assistance of a professional biographer. One of the most popular UK autobiographies of 2020 was Harry and Meghan’s ‘Finding Freedom’, and it is supposed to ‘dispel rumors about their relationship from both sides of the pond’. The…
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Personal Documents in social research
Personal documents are those which are intended only to be viewed by oneself or intimate relations, namely friends or family. They generally (but not always) not intended to be seen by a wider public audience. For the purposes of A-level sociology, the two main types of personal document are diaries and personal letters. Today, I’m…
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Voices of Guinness: Oral Histories of Work in Modernity
Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Royal Park Brewery (202) is a recent academic work by Tim Strangleman which explores the experience of work in one Guinness Factory from the 1940s to the early 2000s. The research took place over several years and consists of oral histories (presumably based on in-depth structured, or…
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The strengths and limitations of secondary data
Secondary data has already been collected so should be easier to use, but you have to factor in bias!