by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews A2
All interviews are interaction situations. Both the interviewer and the interviewee come to the situation with a whole set of characteristics. Discuss in a group each of the following characteristics and explain in what ways each might affect the interview situation –...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Social Surveys
Read pages 180 to 185 to prepare for this activity. Working as a small group or in pairs, imagine that you have been asked to carry out research on students’ career aspirations at a local college. The college has 1200 full-time students aged 16-19. Some are on a...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Social Surveys
Read the following descriptions of two imaginary social surveys and answer the questions below: Survey A In order to gain answers to her survey on people’s leisure habits, an interviewer stands on the corner of a shopping precinct in Exeter, Devon. She works from...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Social Surveys
Closed: respondents must choose their answer from a limited range of possible answers that the researcher has decided upon in advance. Open: respondents are free to give whatever answer they wish. It gives direction to the research and a focus to the question asked An...
