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Compare and Contrast Questionnaires and Interviews as Sociological Research Methods Sociologists can use many types of experiment when conducting research, all of which have many advantages and disadvantages. One form of research a sociologist could take is a questionnaire. Positivists are more likely to use this type, as they prefer large scale or 'macro' research, involving a lot of people. This is because they believe that doing large scale research gets a more varied answer, and a more representative conclusion as the group being studied is much more varied. A questionnaire collects quantitative data, as it is mostly expressed in numerical form. Within a questionnaire, many different types of question can be used. For instance, a sociologist could just use simple closed questions, such as a person's name or the year they left school. They could also use multiple choice questions, category questions, where the participant must choose more than...

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