Part A :

Oh, there you are, good.

哦，你有，很好。

Sorry I'm a bit late - there was a long queue.

对不起，我有点晚了，队伍很长。

So,have you worked out how to deal with the assignment then?

那么，你有没有想出如何处理这项任务呢?

Not yet,we've only been here only a couple of minutes ourselves.

还没有，我们在这里也只有几分钟。

Can you just remind me what the task is exactly?

你能提醒我一下任务是什么吗？

Well,there're two, err, no, three,parts to it.

好吧，有2个，不，三个：

The first we've got to write an essay about ways of collecting data.Then...

第一，我们得写一篇关于收集资料的文章。然后…

What's the title of the essay exactly?

这篇文章的题目是什么?

I've got it here.

我这里有：

Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research.

《评估在社会科学研究中收集资料的2种主要方法》。

And how much do we need to write?

我们需要写多少?

1500 words.

1500字。

That's for the essay.

这是文章的。

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 to gather data from at least five subjects.

然后，对作业的第二部分，我们必须选择一个数据集的方法，并进行小规模的研究，作出适当的使用，从至少五个主体中收集数据。

And then we have to write a report on the study?

那么随后我们就要写一篇研究报告吗?

That's right,of three to four thousand words.

对，3000-4000字。

Did you get as far as discussing which form of data collection we should go for?

你有没有对我们应该去用哪种形式的数据收集进行讨论?

Questionnaire or interview, isn't it?

问卷或采访，是不是?

Yes, I think we should use a questionnaire.

是的。我想我们应该用一个问卷。

It'll be so much less time-consuming than organising interviews, I reckon.

这会比组织面试的时间要少得多。我想。

Once we've agreed on the wording of it, we only have to send it out and wait for the responses.

一旦我们商量好它的措辞，我们只要把它发送出去，等待回应。

Yes,i think it probably would be quicker.

是的。我想可能会更快。

But what did that article he gave us last week say about the quality of data from questionnaires?

但是上周他给我们的文章说的是从问卷调查数据的质量吗？

I'm pretty sure it recommended questionnaires as a source of highly reliable data.

我敢肯定它推荐调查问卷作为一种“高度可靠的数据”的来源。

As long as you design the questionnaire properly in the first place, the data will be fine.

只要你一开始将问卷设计得很好，数据就会很好。

No,I'm sure it talks about drawbacks as well, doesn't it?

不，我肯定它也谈到了缺点，不是吗?

Something about the response rate and the problems you get if it is too low.

关于响应率和如果响应率太低你会遇到的问题。

Yeah, but we only need data from 5 subjects anyway.

是的。但是我们只需要数据来自五个主体，无论如何。

Oh, I suppose so.

我想是的。

Another drawback 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.

另一个缺点我记得它提到的是，问卷数据往往不会透露任何意外的东西，因为它只合有有限的问题，由研究者事先确定。

Come on, Rosa.

别这样，罗萨。

This is only a practice.

这只是一种练习。

It's not meant a real research, is it?

这并不意味着真正的研究，是吗?

Well, I'm sure about that.

好吧。对于这一点我并不确定。

Part B :

Maybe I'd better go through the article again,just to be sure.

也许我们应该再过一遍文章，去确认一下。

Can you remember what it was called?

你能记住它的名字吗?

Sample Surveys in Social Science Research, I think. By Mehta.

《抽样调查的社会科学研究》，我认为是，梅塔写的。

M-E-H-T-A?

m-e-h-t-a?

Yeah.

是的。

And he also recommended a more recent book, called Survey Research, by Bell, I think.

他还推荐了一个最近的一本书，叫做《调查》，贝尔写的。

It's in that series published by London University.

这是伦敦大学系列中的。

And if we tried to use interviews instead,I saw a book in the departmental library that will be helpful: it's called Interviews That Work,by Wilson, published in Oxford in 1988.

如果我们试着用面试来代替。我在部门图书馆看到一本书，会对这有帮助的：它叫《面试工作》，由Wilson写的，在1988年牛津出版。

Right.

对。

Oh, I have got a tutorial now.

我现在有一个个别辅导。

Can we meet up again later this week?

我们可以在本周晚一点的时间再一次见面吗?

What about Friday morning?

星期五上午怎么样?

Suits me. 11 o'clock?

适合我。十一点?

Fine.

好的。

Before Friday, I think we should all look through the reading list.

星期五之前，我想我们都应该通读阅读清单。