Research Methods

4. Examples of these factors include reliability, validity and representativeness
10. This research method is self-completed by a respondent. Can be sent via post or email
11. Type of observation where you are undercover
12. Secondary, qualitative data. For example, someone’s diary
15. The name for the ‘trial run’ you do before conducting your full research
16. The term used to describe the list of participants who could potentially take part in your research. An example of one of these from school students is the school registers/databases
17. Data collected by yourself. E.g. doing your own structured interviews
18. How true to life, truthful and trustworthy your data is
20. Examples of these factors include time, cost, access and researcher skill
22. Secondary quantitative data collected by the government

1. A type of representative sampling, where you pick every nth name from a sample frame
2. Secondary, qualitative data. For example, an Ofsted report
3. A statement or prediction about your research. Will be proven true or false
5. The person who controls access to your sample
6. Research that goes on for a long time, often months or years
7. The term for using more than one research method
8. Secondary, qualitative data. For example, a TV show or newspaper
9. A type of non-representative sampling, where you one participant gives you the details of your next participant
13. A form of quantitative data collection, where you measure the frequency of something in a media material. For example, we looked at violence in kids TV shows
14. How easy it is for someone else to repeat your research and get the same results
19. Examples of these factors include gaining informed consent and not deceiving participants
21. What you hope to find out during your research