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Why Mixed Methods Matter
A Sociology Classroom Activity on Investigating Inequality Teachers of sociology are often trying to do two things at once: help students engage with contemporary social issues, and sharpen their understanding of research methods. This activity does both. It asks students to consider how they might prove or disprove a set of sociological claims about inequality…
Activity: Does the IV Cause the DV?
This activity helps students practise the difference between correlation and cause and effect by looking at sociological hypotheses and deciding whether the independent variable (IV) has actually caused a change in the dependent variable (DV). It works especially well for Cambridge OCR A Level Sociology because it gets students thinking about variables, research methods, operationalisation,…
Aims, Hypotheses and Research Questions
When sociologists carry out research, they do not begin by randomly asking questions or collecting facts. They begin by deciding exactly what they want to study and how they want to study it. That is why it is so important to understand the difference between aims, research questions and hypotheses. These ideas are central to…
Top Tips for Sociology.
Clearly when I created this short video I was listening to far too much Nine Inch Nails, but these are my top tips for studying sociology in a handy one minute video… accompanied with an industrial soundtrack.
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