Sociology-Methods Terms

Sociology-Methods Terms

1. VALID DATA

   • Accurate

2. RELIABLE METHOD

   • Repeatable

3. REPRESENTATIVE

   • Typical of Target Audience

4. GENERALISABILITY

   • Apply to population

5. QUANTITATIVE DATA

   • Numbers, statistics, trends and patterns
   • Positivist

6. QUALITATIVE DATA

   • Words and detailed answers
   • Interpretivist

7. ETHICS

   • Moral guidlines

8. OBJECTIVE

   • Positivists, free from bias

9. SUBJECTIVE

   • Interpretivist, context,subject to bias

10. IMPOSITION PROBLEM

    • The way bias shapes the reserach

11. OPERATIONALISE

    • Defining terms

12. HAWTHORNE EFFECT

    • People behave differently when they know they're being studied

13. TRIANGULATION

    • Combining different research methods
    • Realist approach

14. LONGITUDINAL

    • Studying something and going back to it after a period of time

15. GATE KEEPER

    • Accesses a sample

16. PILOT STUDY

    • Small scaled trial