IELTS LISTENING – DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENT S26T3

Student A: Well, there are two no three parts to it. First, we’ve got to write an essay about ways of _Q21 collecting data. Then

Rosa: What? The title of the essay Exactly.

Student B: I’ve got it here. Assess the two main methods of collecting daughter in social science research

Rosa: And. How much do we need to write?

Student B: _Q22 1500 words? That’s for the essay. Then, for the second part of the assignment, we have to choose one method of data collection and carry out a small-scale study making appropriate use of the method chosen togather data from a least _Q23 five subjects.

Rosa: And then we have to write a report on the study.

Student A: That’s right of _Q24 3000 to 4000 words.

Rosa: Did you get us far as discussing which form of data collection we should go for questionnaire or interview, isn’t it?

Student B: Yeah. I think we should use a questionnaire. It’ll be so much less time-consuming than organizing interviews. I reckon. Once we’ve agreed on the wording on what we only have to send it out and wait for the response is

Rosa: Yes. I think it probably would be quicker. But what did that article he gave us last week say about the quality of data from questionnaires?

Student B: I’m pretty sure it recommended questionnaire is a sort of highly reliable data. As long as you designed the questionnaire properly in the first place, the doctor will be fine.

Rosa: No, I’m sure it talked about drawbacks as well, didn’t it? _Q25 Something about the response, Reed. And the problems you get of it’s too low.

Student B: Yeah, but we only need doctor from five subjects anyway.

Rosa: I suppose so. Another drawback. _Q26 I remember it mentioned was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher.

Student B: Come on, Rosa. This is only a practice. It’s not meant to be really research, is it?

Rosa: Whoa. I sure about that. Maybe you’d better go through the article again, just to be sure. Can you remember what it was called

Student B: Sample surveys and social science research? I think my _Q27 Mehta

Rosa: M E H T A.

Student B: Yeah, and he also recommended a more recent book called It’s a _Q28 Survey Research by Bell. I think it’s in that series published by _Q29 London University,

Student A: And if we try to use interviews instead, I saw a book in the departmental library. That’ll be helpful. It’s called interviews that work by Wilson, published in Oxford in _Q30 1988

Rosa: Right? Oh, I’ve got a tutorial now. Can we meet up again later this week? What about Friday morning

Student A: Suits? May 11 o’clock.

Rosa: Fine.

Student B: Before Friday. I think we should all look through the reading list.

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