Ethical Strengths: Oakley had gained consent as it was an interview. And the identity of the respondents were kept anonymous. And another pint, is that she also gained the trust of the respondents.

Theoretical Strength: Oakley had obtained in-depth answers because it was an unstructured, also more valid because the respondents as people can say their actual views (flexibility). And it was also non-directive, so she could find out more information that she might have not considered before.

E - can allow people to feel more humanised as you can hear peoples voices more than structured interviews.

T - you can partially measure some responses because some answers can be qualitative and some can be quantative.

Ethical Weakness: Potential researcher bias as Ann Oakley is a feminist, and her own life problems may have influenced her research as she recently became a mother. And Oakley also did this research out of her personal interest. It was an imposition problem because she might specifically pick out information and specific people to look out at which supports her views.

Theoretical Weakness: The research lacked representativeness and generalizability as it was rather middle-class with no ethnic minorities within the sample used. There was a lot of data collected so it may have been difficult to analyse as they may not have been a common pattern.

e - it may be hard for those responding to give an honest answer due to sensitivity of the topic, going into detail might cause distress of the individual

t - interviewer bias is a problem due to it reducing validity, sue sharps could influence the girls because she is a women. body lanuage and personality etc... can cause the respodent to give socially desirable answers which ulitimatly makes it harder to generalise due to less valid data obtained.

Practical Weakness: He spent a total of 18 months observing the lads and then further of 6 months following them into work which show the entire process was very time-consuming. Willis also had less control of the group

Ethical Strengths: It was an ethnographic study which means he empathised with the respondents and was able to see things from their perspective. It was also said that the group was, 'relaxed' and 'non-judgemental'. The boys were also aloud to set their own agenda.

Ethical Weakness: Some of the boys might've been intimidated as they're might've been a dominate speaker within the group. Some sensitive topics may have been mentioned.

Theoretical Strengths: The boys had the freedom to say whatever they wanted (flexibility). Willis encouraged them to explain their views in their own words which meant the data was more valid.

Theoretical Weakness: Some of the lads might've given socially desirable answers. There was a lack of representativeness as it was small sample of working class that generalised masculine identity.

E-the topic could have caused destress to the girls as is was quite a sensitive issue

T- due to the small sample size it becomes more difficult to generalise the study -

Ethical Strengths: She had the consent of the respondents as it was an interview. And the identity of the respondents were also kept anonymous.

Theoretical Strengths: There was set questions which makes it easier to repeat and therefore more reliable. And it was also representative.