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sociology- research methods

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Decks in this class (12)

choice of method and research process
Positivism perspective aim method...,
Interpretivism perspective aim me...,
What three concepts are used to j...
32  cards
questionnaires
What is a questionnaire 1,
What is a postal questionnaire 2,
What is an online questionnaire 3
22  cards
experiments
lab, field, comparative
21  cards
unstructured interviews
What is an unstructured interview 1,
What are open questions 2,
What is rapport 3
17  cards
participant observation
What is participant observation 1,
What is covert observation 2,
What is overt observation 3
30  cards
official statistics (secondary)
What are official statistics 1,
What are the two types of statist...,
What are hard statistics 3
18  cards
documents (secondary)
What are documents 1,
What is content analysis 2,
What are the different types of d...
28  cards
non-participant observation
What is non participant observati...,
Disadvantages of overt non partic...,
Disadvantages of covert non parti...
12  cards
structured interviews
What are structured interviews 1,
What are closed questions 2,
What are standardised questions 3
17  cards
semi-structured/ group interviews
What is a semi structured intervi...,
Who might use semi structured int...,
Example of a semi structured inte...
19  cards
methods in context
How would experiments studying ed...,
Reliability of using experiments ...,
Ethical issues of using experimen...
43  cards
other ways on conducting research
What is an ethnographic study 1,
What are the positives of ethnogr...,
What are the negatives of ethnogr...
17  cards

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