Education & Methods

2. The 2010 Conservative governments allowed parents to set up their own school if they weren't happy with what was available in their local area
8. A sample which is designed to be representative of the target population
9. An approach where a researcher attempts to combine different research methods in order to check the validity and reliability of their findings
11. Before you launch a questionnaire for the first time you might want to conduct a trial or _______ study
12. Benn noted the 'New Labour ___________' of designing some policies to reduce inequality which persuuing others that would mostly benefit middle class children

1. A statement which research has proven to be generally true of the target population
3. A quality which means the sociologist can study a group without bias in favour or against them.
4. Under New Labour there was a massive increase in the number of students taking their studies further after sixth form
5. Argued that choice in education was a 'myth' and was still dependent on social class
6. A method which tracks a sample over a number of years in order to measure changes in a person's life
7. The factor that you seek to change in a lab experiment to see what effect it has
10. Education A______ Zones were an attempt to target deprived areas with additional funding