Last Minute Revision A Level Sociology Methods

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Step 1: Work through our Interactive exam practice. Check your understanding against model answers.

Step 2: Revise Exam topics with our Interactive Diagrams

Diagram 1: Primary Methods

Diagram 2: Choosing Methods

Diagram 3: Factors Effecting Choice of Topic

Diagram 4: The Research Process

Diagram 5: Using Secondary Data

Step 3: Download and work through our Methods Revision Sheets

Data Collection.pdf 
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Covert Participant Observation.pdf 
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Choice of Research Method.pdf 
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Doing Sociological Research.pdf 
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Sampling Techniques.pdf 
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Experiments In Sociology.pdf 
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Triangulation.pdf 

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches.[...] 
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Questionnaires.pdf 
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Research And Education.pdf 
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Overt Participant Observation.pdf 
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Step 4: Test your factual recall with our games and quizzes

Key Words Countdown

Methods Quiz

Secondary Sources Grade or No Grade

Walk the Plank

Methods Penalty Shootout

Theory and Methods Invaders

Step 5: Online revision lessons - choose a weak topic and work the the lesson

Lesson 1: Key Concepts and Terms

Lesson 2: Primary Methods

Lesson 3: Secondary Data

Lesson 4: Advantages and Disadvantages of Life Documents

Lesson 5: Participant Observation

Lesson 6: Choosing a topic and a method

Lesson 7: Ethical Issues in the Research Process

Lesson 8: Positivist Research

Lesson 9: Sampling PPT

Lesson 10: Sampling Revision Activity

Lesson 11: Official Statistics

Step 6: External Revision