Research Methods

Unstructured interview into Black American children’s language (1970)

Unstructured interview into girl’s aspirations in the 70s & 90s

Focus Group of working class lad’s view of education

Participant observation of 12 working class schoolboys

Non-participant observation of polarisation of pro and anti-school subcultures

Questionnaires investigating the relationship between cultural capital and exam results

Lab experiment studying learned aggression in children

Lab experiment studying obedience with some issues

Official statistics updated every 10 years in the UK

Structured interviews investigating extended family in East London

Field experiment investigating patient treatment in mental hospitals

Use of personal documents like letters and public documents like newspapers to explore social chaneg for Polish migrants travelling to the USA in 1919