Sociology in pictures Teacher's guide - Michael Haralambos

The Teacher Guide provides a series of questions and suggested answers for each of the topics in the student book. The Guide also includes background information on the topics- quotes from author/s of the research, further material on the methods used in the study and general information on the research findings.

Sociology in Pictures: Research Methods is a fresh and exciting publication based on styles from graphic novels and comics. The Teacher Guide provides a series of questions and suggested answers for each of the topics in the student book. These can be used for individual work, group work or class discussions, for homework or for self study. The Guide also includes background information on the topics- quotes from author/s of the research, further material on the methods used in the study and general information on the research findings.

Contents
1. Participant observation
2. Gaining entry
3. Acting normally
4. Street corner society
5. Observations in context
6. Ethnography
7. Types of interviews
8. Interview effects
9. Social desirability effects
10. Interviews with context
11. Questionnaires
12. Answering questions
13. Sampling methods
14. Response rates
15. Types of data
16. Experiments
17. Correlation
18. Testing hypotheses
19. Multiple causes
20. Case studies
21. Longitudinal studies
22. Official statistics
23. Statistics are important
24. Documents
25. Exchanging notes
26. Reliability and validity
27. Social facts
28. Social construction
29. Positivism and interpretivism
30. Starting out
31. Choosing a topic
32. Mixed methods
33. Triangulation
34. Research ethics
35. References