Research Methods mind maps
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This GoConqr page gathers over 500 community-made Research Methods mind maps, covering questionnaires, interviews, observation and sociological theory. They support school students, university students and professional candidates studying research methods, as well as teachers looking for material. The collection spans secondary and university-level study. Pick a map and explore a method.
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- Sociology and Science31
- Sociological Theory and Research67
- Choosing a Research Method41
- Values and Ethics in Research19
- Reliability and Validity5
- Types of Research Data26
- Sampling Methods18
- Questionnaires and Surveys45
- Interviews56
- Observation and Ethnography52
- Experiments30
- Secondary Data and Content Analysis46
- Discourse and Conversation Analysis6
- Researching Education25
- Researching Crime, Deviance and Suicide17
Mind maps
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14 nodesStructured Interviews two types; semi struc... · Practical issues · Validity · Representativesness · Reliability · halo effect; an inter...
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20 nodesNon - Participant Observation What? · Examples · Advantages · Disadvantages
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9 nodesInterpretivism Interpretivists, or a... · An Interpretivist app... · They prefer research ... · According to Interpre... · Learning to Labour by... · Interpretivists argue...
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62 nodesResearch Methods Questionnaires · Interviews · observations · content analysis · Amy Vickery
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15 nodesObjectivity and values in Sociology Weber - value judgeme... · Modern positivists - ... · Committed sociology · Becker
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47 nodesstructured interviews advantages · disadvantages · evaluation
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21 nodesDurkheim + Suicide Used positive methods... · Compared suicide rate... · 4 types of suicide · Positives · Negatives
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51 nodesCharacteristics of Social Theory Positivism · Interpretism
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24 nodesOther types of research Case studies; a detai... · Longitudinal study · Life histories · Triangulation;a combi...
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52 nodesGroups/Settings MIC Pupils · Teachers · Classrooms · Schools · Parents · Researchers
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56 nodesDocuments Practical · Theoretical · Ethical
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23 nodesNon-Participant Observation Structured · Unstructured
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31 nodesChoosing a Research Method Types of data · Factors influencing c...
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22 nodesRESEARCH METHODS Ethical issues · Theoretical issues · Practical issues
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24 nodesParticipant Observation Covert Participant Ob... · Overt Participant Obs... · Qualitative · Interpretivist · PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS · ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
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24 nodesParticipant Observation Covert Participant Ob... · Overt Participant Obs... · Qualitative · Interpretivist · PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS · ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
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21 nodesSampling techniques RANDOM · QUOTA · STRATIFIED · SNOWBALL · CONVENIENCE/OPPORTUNITY
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51 nodesMETHODS IN CONTEXT Experiments · Interviews · Questionnaires · Observations · Documents · P.E.T
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37 nodesCrime Survey for England and Wales A measure of crime vi... · Advantages · Disadvantages
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32 nodesSociological Research Methods EXPERIMENTS · OFFICIAL STATISTICS · QUESTIONNAIRES
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27 nodesQUESTIONNAIRES Questionnaires are al... · They are pre-set ques... · They tend closed ques... · They tend to produce ... · Questionnaires can be... · Disadvantages
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21 nodesINTERVIEWS Structured/formal int... · Unstructured/informal... · Semi-structured inter... · Group interviews
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18 nodesNon-Participant (Unstructured) Observation What is it? · Strengths · Weaknesses
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12 nodesPractical, Theoretical and Ethical Implications of Research Paper 1: practical, t... · Personal values · Fashion and trends · Theoretical beliefs
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5 nodesTypes of interview There a number of typ... · Structured or formal ... · Unstructured or infor... · Semi-structured inter...
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28 nodesOBSERVATIONS Involve watching a si... · They are usually favo... · This type of research... · Participant · Non-participant · Overt
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48 nodesResearch Methods Official Statistics · Structured Interviews · Questionnaires · Participant Observation · Unstructured Interviews
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14 nodesSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS The interviewer reads... · WILMOTT & YOUNG · ADVANTAGES · DISADVANTAGES
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28 nodesOfficial Statistics Registration · Official surveys · Administrative record... · Practical advantages · Practical disadvantages · Theoretical issues
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16 nodesResearching Schools Due to the large numb... · Own Data · The Law · Gatekeepers · Organisation
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10 nodesTHE POSITIVIST APPROACH TO RESEARCH A DEFINITION : An app... · KEY ARGUMENTS
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20 nodesIs Sociology a Science Why is it important f... · Positivism
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54 nodesResearch Methods Experiments · Observation · Interviews · Questionnaires
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11 nodesQuestionnaires ADVANTAGE · DISADVANTAGE
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43 nodesResearch Methods Positivism · Interpretivists · Social problems · sociological problem · funding and access
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11 nodesTopic 1 - Choosing a research method Primary data - Is inf... · Secondary data - Info... · Qualitative data - In... · Quantitative - Inform... · Reliability - Whether... · Validity - Whether th...
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13 nodesSociology: Sampling Sample: The group of ... · Sampling frame: A lis... · Population: The whole... · Cross-sectional: If a... · Generalisation: Resul... · Representative: When ...
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24 nodesStructured Interviews A structured intervie... · They collect quantita... · Advantages · Disadvantages
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42 nodesquestionnaires advantages · disadvantages · definition
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13 nodesQuantitative or formal content analysis Counting the frequenc... · Lobban- Content analy... · Strengths · Weaknesses