Question

You have been asked as a sociologist to investigate the educational underachievement of students from ethnic minority groups.

i) Identify one observational research method you would use in your study and explain why this would be appropriate
ii) Identify one observational research method you could use in your study and explain why is would be better than a questionnaire with closed questions
(I can do the paragraphs myself but please state the research methods I could use..)

Answer 1

i) The observational research method you would use especially you deal with students from ethnic minority groups would be participant observation. It is because it's typically being used to get close and gain familiarity with the group thru getting involved with their culture. ii) this would be using a case study where the research is more of an in-depth study of the group rather than using questionnaires with closed questions.