Discuss the background postulates of the use of quantitative method in the social sciences, issues of reliability, validity, the role of ethics and the strengths and limitations of this methodological approach.

Quantitative research method

The subject of the survey — the subject that we will examine on this module – is the relationship between occupational social class and cultural capital. The guiding research question is ‘Is there a relationship between occupational social class and the acquisition of cultural capital?’.

Quantitative research in the social sciences. In this section you should discuss the background postulates of the use of quantitative method in the social sciences, issues of reliability, validity, the role of ethics and the strengths and limitations of this methodological approach.