Exam code: C200
Select the appropriate term from the box to complete the sentences below.
Feminists Culture Bowles and Gintis Secondary Willis Functionalists |
...............................refers to data in research that was originally used or collected by somebody else.
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A recent sociological study looked at bullying in schools to help understand young people’s experiences. The researchers used the method of unstructured interviews as they wanted to collect qualitative data. |
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using questionnaires in research.
You should explore at least two strengths and two weaknesses in your response.
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The UK has a monarchy where there is a king or queen. The table below shows the percentage (%) of people of different ages, between the years 1994 and 2021, who thought it very important for Britain to have a monarchy.
UK attitudes towards the monarchy by age, 1994–2021
Age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
18–34 | 35–54 | 55+ | ||
1994 | 21 | 29 | 45 | |
2000 | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
2005 | 35 | 36 | 51 | |
2011 | 35 | 36 | 51 | |
2015 | 32 | 37 | 50 | |
2021 | 14 | 27 | 44 | |
Adapted from British Social Attitudes Survey, National Centre for Social Research, 2022.
Identify the age group with the highest percentage in 2021.
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Identify the group with the largest decrease in percentage between 1994 and 2021.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table, supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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A recent sociological study looked at poverty among school children. They looked at secondary data first. |
Describe what is meant by secondary data.
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Explain two advantages of using secondary data for this research.
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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using observation in research.
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UK Employment rate for disability and gender 2013–2019
2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men – with disabilities | 45.3% | 47.0% | 50.8% | 54.3% |
Men – non-disabled | 82.8% | 84.9% | 85.6% | 86% |
Women – with disabilities | 41.9% | 44.5% | 48.9% | 52.4% |
Women – non-disabled | 72.4% | 75.2% | 76.4% | 77.4% |
The table shows the percentage employment rate for people aged 16–64 comparing disability and gender.
Adapted from Office for National Statistics, ons.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), 2019.
Identify the group with the lowest percentage employment rate in 2019.
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Identify the group with the largest increase in percentage employment rate between 2013 and 2019.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table, supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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A recent sociological study looked at teenagers’ attitudes to climate change. Questionnaires were used in the research. Sampling was used to make the study representative. |
Explain two advantages of using questionnaires for this research.
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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using unstructured interviews in research.
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Top jobs Britain 2014–2019
Senior Judges | Armed forces officers | Newspaper Journalists | MPs | Footballers | Olympic medallists | Top TV, Film and Musicians | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
percentage who attended independent schools 2014 | 71% | 62% | 43% | 33% | 8% | 35% | 44% |
percentage who attended independent schools 2019 | 65% | 49% | 44% | 29% | 5% | 31% | 38% |
*Independent Schools are private schools which parents have to pay for their children to attend. 7% of the general population attend independent schools in Britain.
Adapted from Sutton Trust – ‘Elitist Britain’ 2019
Identify the job with the highest percentage who attended independent schools in 2019.
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Identify the job with the lowest percentage who attended independent schools in 2019.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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Gender Pay Gap in the UK
UK average | South East | London | North | Midlands | South West | Wales | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender Pay Gap 2017 | 14% | 16.3% | 20.7% | 10.6% | 14.6% | 13% | 8.3% | 11.1% |
Gender Pay Gap 2018 | 13.7% | 15.4% | 19.9% | 10.3% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 8.5% | 10.2% |
*Gender pay gap equals the average gap in pay between men’s and women’s pay. Adapted from fawcettsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab) 2017 and 2018
Identify the areas with the highest and lowest gender pay gap in 2018.
Highest …………………
Lowest ………………….
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Identify the areas which are below the UK average in 2017.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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A secondary school wants to find out about the reasons for children not attending school. The researcher has decided to use questionnaires to investigate this.
Outline two reasons why questionnaires would be a suitable method to use for this research.
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Discuss and evaluate the benefits of using unstructured interviews instead of questionnaires for this research.
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A recent sociological study looked at teenagers’ use of social media. Researchers interviewed 400 teenagers using the method of structured interviews. They sampled teenagers from different ability groups and made sure they had a representative number of boys and girls. They were careful to consider ethical issues. |
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of structured interviews as a method of research.
You should explore at least two strengths and two weaknesses in your response.
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Poverty in the UK over 20 years
1995 | 2012 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Children in the UK living in poverty | 33% | 27% | 30% |
Pensioners in the UK living in poverty | 28% | 13% | 16% |
Lone parent families living in poverty | 58% | 41% | 46% |
Single people without children living in poverty | 25% | 28% | 25% |
Adapted from Joseph Rowntree Foundation UK Poverty 2017
Identify the percentage of pensioners in the UK living in poverty in 2016.
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Identify the group with the highest percentage increase in poverty between 2012 and 2016.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table, supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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Data in the form of numbers is referred to as ......................... data.
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A recent sociological study looked at teenagers’ attitudes to marriage. The primary method used was questionnaires. Over a thousand teenagers answered questions on the subjects of marriage and their futures.
Explain two advantages of using questionnaires for this research.
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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of observation as a method of research.
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Look at the following information and answer the questions that follow. A guide to the Minimum Wage in the UK, 2018
What age group? | The Minimum Wage (per hour) |
|---|---|
Under 18 | £4.20 |
18 to 20 | £5.90 |
21 and above | £7.38 |
25 and above | £7.83 |
Adapted from livingwage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Identify the age group paid the lowest wages.
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Identify the difference in the amount paid to the lowest and the highest paid workers as shown in the table.
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Describe two patterns or trends shown in the table supporting your answer with reference to the statistics in the table.
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