Research Methods – Primary Research
Primary Research
Learning Outcome | Assessment Criteria |
1.develop and carry out a piece of sociological research |
1.1 shown evidence of background reading 1.2 planned and conducted a piece of primary sociological research in line with sociological conventions and within ethical guidelines related to a specific field of sociology e.g. health, illness and the body, media, etc.. 1.3 analysed and interpreted their findings using sociological skills and knowledge, for example, comparing a finding from their research to a sociological concept, theory, study or to social statistics. |
2. write in a style appropriate for a sociology report | 2.1 presented a logically structured report divided into suitable sections using tools such as headings, bullet points, paragraphs and diagrams where appropriate. 2.2 written in a suitable style using appropriate sociological terms and definitions which relate to the aspect of the field chosen for the research project. 2.3 used a suitable selection of references, relevant to the aspect of the field chosen and which were listed using the Harvard referencing style in a bibliography. 2.4 used in text referencing and appendices where appropriate for this unit. |
Assignment Title: Primary Research Report |
Assignment Brief – In your assignment you should: Please note that your lecturer will give you deadlines for the tasks below and may set you additional work to assist you in the completion of the stages below. Your lecturer will also give you ideas about work you can be doing in the background in order to prepare your research report. For example, throughout the stages identified below, you should be putting notes into the relevant sections of your draft research report.
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2 Application of knowledge
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MERIT | The student, student’s work or performance makes use of relevant ideas, facts, theories, perspectives and concepts with either breadth or depth that goes beyond the minimum required to pass | The focus is on three main areas of your report:
In your literature review – have you read widely and found relevant material for your project from a range of sources? |
DISTINCTION | The student, student’s work or performance makes use of relevant ideas, facts, theories, perspectives and concepts with breadth AND depth that goes beyond the minimum required to pass |
4 Use of information
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MERIT | The student’s work generally appraises the relevance and value of new information accurately, shows a very good grasp of the meaning and significance of new information, and generally combines or synthesises information with outcomes that are accurate and appropriate | The focus is on the findings/analysis and conclusion for this grading descriptor. -do you show a good understanding of your primary data? -can you identify and discuss the most significant findings? -can you draw sensible conclusions from your data? |
DISTINCTION | The student’s work consistently appraises the relevance and value of new information accurately, shows an excellent grasp of the meaning and significance of new information and consistently combines or synthesises information with outcomes that are accurate, appropriate and succinct. |
7 Quality
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MERIT | The student’s work taken as a whole, demonstrates a very good response to the demands of the brief/assignment | The focus is on the research design as a whole and on the writing up of the report as a whole
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DISTINCTION | The student’s work taken as a whole, demonstrates an excellent response to the demands of the brief/assignment |