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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17 nodesSocial Experiments social experiments ar... · The dependent variabl... · The independent varia... · Hawthorne effect · Placebo effect · bahvioural study of o...
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14 nodesObservations Non participant - Doe... · Participant - Join in... · Overt - Group know th... · Covert - Researcher d... · Structured - Involve ... · Going native & Lack r...
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20 nodesQuantitative Research Methods (Positivists prefer) Questionnaires · Structured Interviews · Official Statistics · Experiments
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35 nodesMethods in Context Domestic Violence · Violent Crime · Corporate Crime
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18 nodesSociology: Interviews Structured: Interview... · Unstructured: No pre-... · Semi-structured: Fall... · Group interviews: Up ... · Status difference: Th... · Cultural difference: ...
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14 nodesPeople/Groups Governors · Teachers · Pupils · Parents · The authority structu... · Teachers may act diff...
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46 nodesSCLY4 - Positivism Structural theory · Science · Primary Data · Secondary Data
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47 nodesresearch methods key concepts · positivism · Interpretivism · sampling · process
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12 nodesSociology and Science Thomas Kuhn: scientif... · positivism · Realism, science and ... · Interprevistism · Karl Popper: how scie...
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17 nodesCollecting Data 2.3 Scientific Method · Sociological Methods
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23 nodesPositivist research methods - Ideal features Generalisations · Quantitative · Validity · Logical · Reliability · Objectivity
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43 nodesStructuralists_1 what do they research? · What do they study? · Methods · Perspectives · Positivism · Criticisms
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17 nodesPositivism and Interpretivists Assume society can't ... · Subjective reality · Social Construction, ... · Social world shaped b... · Qualitative methods · MICRO
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28 nodesQuestionnaires Questions · Practical issues · Theoretical issues
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18 nodesField Experiments How does it differ fr... · Types of Field Experi... · Ethical Issues · The Comparative Method
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16 nodesTheory and Methods paper 1 · The 'BIG FOUR' · SOCIAL POLICY
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19 nodesPERVERT of participant observation Practical · Ethical · Reliability · Validity · Example · Representativeness
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22 nodesInterpretavism Research methods are ... · Empathy · Versthean · Validity is more impo... · Strengths · Limitations
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22 nodesPositivism Positivism Method · Look for objective ca... · Aim to be scientific · Want research to be ... · Universal laws · Problems
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27 nodesParticipant Observation Overt or Covert · Non-participant or Pa... · Practical issues · Theoretical issues
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4 nodesA2 Marxism Capitalism - like pre... · Unlike slaves, the pr... · This is not an equal ...
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18 nodesstrengths & limitations of questionnaires for the study of parental attitudes of education Practical · Ethical · Representativeness · Introduction · Comment on the item
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35 nodesCensus What does it cost in ... · 70,000 people carried... · 2001 forms were scann... · Costs alot of money t... · 2011 census contained... · Why do the census?
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7 nodessociology as a science? Popper - if it can be... · Kuhn - said it's not ... · Weber - not a science... · Durkheim - he said it... · positivists say socio...
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12 nodesPrimary data Information collected... · Social surveys are a ... · Participant observati... · Experiments are a typ... · Advantage · Disadvantage
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12 nodesvalue freedom Value laden · committed sociology · post-modernism
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25 nodesPositivism Methods · Quantitative data · Rely on scientific ev... · Durkheim's study of s...
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23 nodesCovert Particpant Observations Advantages
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32 nodesSociology - Research methods Quantitative · Qualitative · primary data · Practical issues · Ethical issues · Sampling
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12 nodesOfficial Crime Statistics Very cheap and easy t... · Allows for comparison... · Contemporary · Few ethical issues · Collected in a system... · Easily checked and ve...
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18 nodesTypes of Data Primary data · Secondary Data · Quantitative data · Qualitative data
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16 nodesQuestionares Weaknesses · Strengths · Questionares should b... · Must be straight forward · Wording of questions ... · Attitudinal- answerin...
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32 nodesresearch methods participant observation · interviews · personal document and... · sampling techniques · positivism v interpre... · qualitative v quantit...
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11 nodesIs Sociology a Science? (10 marks) YES · NO
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22 nodesLaboratory Experiments Key Features · Practical Issues · Ethical Issues · Theoretical Issues
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5 nodesTopic 2 - Education: the research context Research characteristics
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25 nodesExamples of Research Practical Issues · Ethical Issues · Theoretical Issues
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9 nodesINTERPRETIVISTS there is no objective... · Aim to uncover actors... · Open-ended research e... · VALID · QUALITATIVE · gain understanding by...
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16 nodesContent Analysis Used to analyse conte... · Used in the study of ... · Takes a systematic ap... · Uncover hidden aspect... · Helps to identify rea... · Usually there is a sc...
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17 nodesMeasuring beliefs How do you define rel... · Use qualitative metho... · Use quantitative meth... · How do you define how...