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Positivists

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1What do positivists believe ?. They believe that sociology can and should use methods of Natural science
. They emphasize the use of Quantitative Data because they want to stay detached from the subject being researched but also to find social trends and correlations which can be generalized to society
2What are 3 examples of Quantitative Data. Official Statistics
. Structured Interviews
. Questionnaires
3Positivists believe that every research should be : list 4. Reliable
. Representative
. Valid
. Generalised
4Explain Reliability. Someone else can repeat the same research and get the same results
. Replication is important in order to ensure reliability
. Experiments and Structured Q. are highly reliable because they are easy to replicate
5Explain Representative. People who take part in the research should have characteristics that are typical to the larger population being studied
e.g. same social economic background , gender and ethnicity
6Explain Validity.Whether the research findings give a true picture of what is being studied
. Positivists believe that their methods is more effective way at achieving validity
. if research is well designed then the data gathered should give an authentic pic of what is being investigated

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Created by: Bryan Ayoro · Nov 2018
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