research methods socio touch up

young and willmott (1962)

found that working class families in east london were more likely to have extended families over nuclear family structures

william labov (1973)

studied the language of black american children - when he used structured interviews they were tongue tied, when switching to unstructured they were completely affluent as they were more relaxed - resulted in more valid results

paul willis (1977)

group interviews on ‘w/c lads’ and their aspirations in work and school and anti school subcultures - arguably there’s social desirability bias in the study

flanders

structured observation - more quantitative version of observation where you look out for specific things eg amount of times someone raises their hands etc

francis (2001)

looked at gendered behaviour and how girls performed better than boys due to how teachers treated them in education

thomas and znaniecki (1919)

thomas and znainecki looked at polish private documents journals diaries letters

hammersley (2011)

we need a balance of objectivity and values - objectivity is unattainable due to biases in research but we should aim to reach it. objectivity is a value in itself- even when we’re trying to be objective, this is value led