Comparative method: Official stats - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB Sociology

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Created on: 16-05-14 11:42

Comparative method: Official stats

Advantages

Practical uses - Quick, cheap and easily accessible
Used to establish correlations between variables - DURKHEIN used this method to establish a link between the level of social interrogation and rates of suicide

Disadvantages

Difficulty of operationalising variables
The method usually relies on the use of official statistics which interpretivists argue are socially constructed E.g DURKHEIMS study on official stats on suicide being accurate.

Evaluation

Comparative method of official statistic regarding lab and field experiments.

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