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Sociology Research Methods

This class was created by Brainscape user Charlotte Mercer. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Charlotte Mercer
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Decks in this class (12)

Pratical, Ethical And Theoretical Issues
What is a practical issues 1,
What are the 11 practical issues 2,
What is an ethical issue 3
20  cards
Sampling
What is a target population 1,
What is a sampling frame 2,
What is a sampling method 3
19  cards
Questionnaires
What is an open question 1,
What are closed questions 2,
What is right answerism 3
17  cards
Interviews
What are group interviews 1,
What is the group interview studi...,
What are the practical advantages...
24  cards
Observations
What is patrick s study that i wi...,
What is humphrey s observation th...,
What is griffins observation that...
20  cards
Experiments
What is an experimental group 1,
What is a control groups 2,
What are independent variables 3
21  cards
Official Statistics
What are stats 1,
What are the two main ways that o...,
What s a hard statistic 3
12  cards
Documents
What is a public document 1,
What are personal documents 2,
What are historical documents 3
16  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
Give 2 examples of a case study 2,
What is a theoretical problem wit...
4  cards
Longitudinal Studies
What is a longitudinal study 1,
What are the 2 advantages of long...,
What are the 4 disadvantages of l...
5  cards
Life Histories
What is a life history 1,
What are the two ways that data f...,
Why do interpretivism like life h...
4  cards
Triangulation And Methodological Pluralism
What is triangulation 1,
What is newby say in favour of tr...,
What is methodological pluralism 3
3  cards

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