PERVERT – Methods in Context
Practical – time and money, difficult to analyse, interviewer training, requirements of funding bodies, personal skills and characteristics, subject matter, research opportunity.
Ethical – is it right or wrong? (informed consent, privacy, effects of participants, vulnerable groups, covert research.)
Reliable – Can it be replicated?
Validity – Are the results true to life?/ Social Desirability/Hawthorne Effect
Evidence of studies – What studies have used this method?
Representativeness – does it reflect society as a whole?
Theoretical - Positivist or Interpretivist / micro or macro
Practical – time and money, difficult to analyse, interviewer training, requirements of funding bodies, personal skills and characteristics, subject matter, research opportunity.
Ethical – is it right or wrong? (informed consent, privacy, effects of participants, vulnerable groups, covert research.)
Reliable – Can it be replicated?
Validity – Are the results true to life?/ Social Desirability/Hawthorne Effect
Evidence of studies – What studies have used this method?
Representativeness – does it reflect society as a whole?
Theoretical - Positivist or Interpretivist / micro or macro