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- 1PositivismAn approach in sociology that believes sociology can be studied using similar scientific techniques to those used in natural sciences (chemistry) e.g studies of suicide rates using suicide statistics.
- 2InterpretivismAn approach emphasizing that peoples consciousnesses involving personal beliefs, values and interpretations, and these influence the way people act e.g. studies of if some classes are more likely to fail education compared to other classes using discussion and getting involved personally.
- 3Social factsPhenomena which exist outside individuals and independently of their minds, but act which upon them in ways which constrain or mould their behaviour e.g. the education system.
- 4Quantitative dataAnything that can be expressed in statistical or number form or can be measured in some way e.g. age.
- 5Macro approachIs one which focuses on a large on large numbers of people and the large-scale structure of society as a whole rather than on individuals e.g. using structured questionnaires or the experiment.
- 6VerstehenIdea of understanding human behaviour by putting yourself in the position of those being studied, and trying to see things from their point of view.
- 7Qualitative dataIs concerned with the feelings and meanings people associate with and interpretations they give to events e.g. this consists of words, documents and images.
- 8Micro approachA micro approach is one which focuses on small groups or individuals, rather than a large number and the society as a whole e.g. using informal interviews or personal accounts.
- 9EthicsConcerns, principles or ideas about what is morally right or wrong.
- 10Informed consentThose taking part in a sociological study have agreed, and given consent based on the full appreciation and understanding of the nature, aims, implications of risks, purposes of the study and uses of any findings in the research.
- 11ReliabilityRefers to whether another researcher, if repeating research using the same method for the same research on the same or similar group, would achieve the same results e.g. if researcher used the same questionnaire on similar samples of the population.
- 12ValidityIs concerned with notions of the truth: how far the findings of researchers actually provide a true, genuine or authentic picture of what is being studied e.g. responding untruthfully to questions, this is not providing valid evidence of the investigation.
- 13Primary dataThose which are collected by sociologists themselves e.g.carrying out social surveys, questionnaires and interviews (quantitative).
- 14Secondary dataThose which the sociologists carrying out the research has not gathered themselves, but which already exist e.g. public documents or personal documents (quantitative + qualitative).
- 15Public documentsThose which are produced for public knowledge e.g. Ofsted reports on schools.
- 16Personal documentsAre (usually) private documents for person's own use, which record part of a person's life e.g. private diaries, personal medical files.
- 17HypothesisIs an idea which a researcher guesses what might be true, but which has not yet been tested against the evidence.
- 18Victim surveyOne that asks people to say whether they have been a victim of a crime, whether they reported it to the police of not e.g. Crime survey for England and Wales.
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