Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation
Validity, reliability, representativeness, generalisability, consent, harm, privacy and reflexivity.
How to study GCSE Sociology
Define the concept, compare perspectives, use study or source evidence, evaluate method and reach a substantiated conclusion.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Method evaluation must be tied to the study's purpose and population.
Exam cue: Identify the scope and evidence that control the evidence quality, ethics and evaluation decision before selecting a rule or method.
Concept 2
Ethical responsibilities continue through access, data collection, storage, reporting and publication.
Exam cue: Connect method evaluation must be tied to the study's purpose and population. with ethical responsibilities continue through access, data collection, storage, reporting and publication. and test the conclusion against triangulation can compare evidence but does not automatically remove every limitation..
Concept 3
Triangulation can compare evidence but does not automatically remove every limitation.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Applying a neighbouring topic or route rule without checking whether it belongs to Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation.
Guardrail: Check the current official source, route and assessment boundary before relying on a memorised rule.
Memorising a label or number without being able to interpret evidence, explain the boundary or apply the method.
Guardrail: Check the current official source, route and assessment boundary before relying on a memorised rule.
Memory anchors
Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation
Validity, reliability, representativeness, generalisability, consent, harm, privacy and reflexivity.
Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation: core principle
Method evaluation must be tied to the study's purpose and population.
Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation: application
Ethical responsibilities continue through access, data collection, storage, reporting and publication.
Evidence Quality, Ethics and Evaluation: evidence check
Triangulation can compare evidence but does not automatically remove every limitation.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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