Practical exercises
1
You have been asked to investigate the effects of increased taxation on the
spending patterns of working-class families. How will you design the study using
panel studies?
2
Prepare a complete experimental research design to study the effects of the
gender of interviewers on the response rate to door-to-door surveys.
3 Show how you will construct and employ focus groups as a tool of data collection when studying the views of persons of ethnic origin on female police officers.