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sociology component 2: section A

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By: Shavaine Hanson
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Decks in this class (7)

topic 1: theory and methods- positivism
What is positivism in general 1,
How do positivist sociologists ap...,
What does it mean to say that peo...
8  cards
topic 2: theory and methods- interpretivism
What is mean by interpretivism 1,
According to weber why can humans...,
What do interpretivist understand...
11  cards
topic 3: key research concepts- validity, reliability, representativeness and generalisability
Explain reliability 1,
Explain standardised procedures 2,
Why do positivists approve of rel...
8  cards
topic 4: key stages in the research process
1 why is it important when starti...,
2 explain aims hypothesis researc...,
3 explain operationalisation 3
10  cards
topic 5: sampling
What is a sample give an eg 1,
What type of samples and sampling...,
What type of sampling techniques ...
26  cards
topic 6: Quantitative methods
Why do positivists prefer quantit...,
What is a questionnaire 2,
Explain open questions 3
24  cards
topic 7: qualitative methods
Why do interpretivists prefer qua...,
Explain what unstructured intervi...,
Explain what semi structured inte...
26  cards

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