Factors Influencing Choice of Methods

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  • Factors influencing choice of methods
    • Practical issues
      • Time and money
        • large scale surveys may need to employ more people and will take longer to conduct.
      • Requirments of funding bodies
        • organisation giving the funds may need results in a certain format EG- quantative
      • Research opportunity
        • James Patricks opportunity to research a gang was 'out of the blue'
    • Ethical Issues
      • Informed consent
        • Patricipants should be offered the right to be involved
      • Confidentialtiy
        • Researchers should keep the identity of participants sercret
      • Vulnerable groups
        • Age, disability or mental health issues. Students in school especially
      • Covert research
        • Can create ethical issues such as lying and deception
    • Theoretical issues
      • Validity
        • Many argue that qualatative research gives more truthful data
          • Interpretivists
      • Reliablity
        • if repeated by another researcher they would get the same results.
          • more likely to be reliable if using quantitative research methods.
      • Represntativeness
  • Personal Skills
    • Build rapport with the participant
    • Practical issues
      • Time and money
        • large scale surveys may need to employ more people and will take longer to conduct.
      • Requirments of funding bodies
        • organisation giving the funds may need results in a certain format EG- quantative
      • Research opportunity
        • James Patricks opportunity to research a gang was 'out of the blue'

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