Research methods

2. Where the researcher is not actively involved in the activity that they are watching.
4. Data that is pre-existing and created by someone else.
6. A set of questions given to people in person, via email, or in the post.
9. Where the researcher can talk to participants freely, as though they are having a conversation.
11. Data presented in words or imagery.
12. Newspapers, radio, magazines, TV, and film.
13. Already conducted by other sociologists.
14. Statistics created by organisations like charities.

1. Documents such as letters and diaries.
3. Where the researcher is involved in the activities that they are observing.
5. Data presented in numerical format.
7. Statistics made by the Government or official organisation.
8. The researcher will ask closed-ended questions that produce yes, no or multiple choice answers.
10. Data collected first hand by the researcher.