02A.3.6 Quantitative and qualitative data Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 5

The 20 questions

1. What type of sociological data is expressed primarily in numbers and statistics?

   • Narrative data
   • Quantitative data
   • Ethnographic data
   • Qualitative data

2. Which data type focuses on rich, detailed descriptions of human behaviour and meanings?

   • Quantitative data
   • Statistical data
   • Qualitative data
   • Nominal data

3. Which research method is most commonly associated with gathering large-scale quantitative data?

   • Covert observation
   • Participant observation
   • Unstructured interviews
   • Structured questionnaires

4. What data type is produced by carrying out unstructured interviews in sociological research?

   • Quantitative data
   • Qualitative data
   • Secondary statistics
   • Numerical data

5. Positivists strongly favour which type of data because it allows for scientific objectivity?

   • Verstehen data
   • Quantitative data
   • Interpretivist data
   • Qualitative data

6. Interpretivists typically prefer which data type to understand actors' subjective meanings?

   • Actuarial data
   • Qualitative data
   • Quantitative data
   • Official statistics

7. Official government crime statistics are a primary example of what data type?

   • Personal documents
   • Qualitative data
   • Biographical data
   • Quantitative data

8. Unstructured participant observation primarily yields which kind of sociological evidence?

   • Positivist data
   • Quantitative data
   • Qualitative data
   • Tabular data

9. A sociologist wants to establish broad social trends across the UK. What data should they use?

   • Case studies
   • Qualitative data
   • Quantitative data
   • Diaries

10. A researcher studies a deviant youth gang using diaries and in-depth talks. What data is collected?

    • Census data
    • Market statistics
    • Qualitative data
    • Quantitative data

11. Which practical advantage is typically associated with collecting quantitative survey data?

    • Deep verstehen
    • Total Verstehen
    • High validity
    • High generalisability

12. Which key theoretical criticism is frequently levelled against quantitative data by interpretivists?

    • Low validity
    • Poor representativeness
    • Small sample size
    • Low reliability

13. What is the main methodological weakness usually linked to qualitative data collection?

    • Low validity
    • High generalisability
    • Lack of depth
    • Low reliability

14. Which research tool generates both closed numerical data and open written elaboration?

    • Official statistics
    • Structured observation
    • Death records
    • Questionnaires

15. If a sociologist seeks high reliability through standardised coding, which data type is required?

    • Qualitative data
    • Verbal data
    • Quantitative data
    • Narrative data

16. Which term describes data that lacks numerical values and focuses on words or images?

    • Quantitative data
    • Qualitative data
    • Numerical data
    • Empirical stats

17. Why might a Marxist sociologist criticise certain official quantitative crime statistics?

    • Too much validity
    • Sample excess
    • Excessive depth
    • Ideological bias

18. Which data type do interactionists use to uncover the social construction of mental illness?

    • Census numbers
    • Mortality rates
    • Quantitative data
    • Qualitative data

19. What type of data do structured postal surveys overwhelmingly produce for researchers?

    • Verstehen data
    • Quantitative data
    • Observational data
    • Qualitative data

20. Which research strategy combines both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study?

    • Rigid inductivism
    • Methodological pluralism
    • Pure positivism
    • Strict empiricism

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