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Sociology research methods
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- 1What is an aim ?An aim is what your aiming to achieve in your research.
- 2What is a hypothesis?A hypothesis is an educated guess of what may happen whilst conducting research.
- 3What is a pilot study ?A pilot study is a practice experiment to check if your research will be affected by possible factors such as time and cost before you conduct your real research.
- 4What are the main sampling methods ?The main sampling methods are ....
.random sampling
.stratified sampling
.systematic sampling
.snowball sampling - 5What is random sampling?Random sampling is when an individual is chosen from random with a fair probability of being chosen .
- 6What is snowball sampling?Snowball sampling is a non probability sampling technique where individuals recruit their own subjects amongst their acquaintances.
- 7What is stratified sampling?Stratified sampling is a method of sampling from a population .
- 8What is systematic sampling?Systematic sampling is a statistical method of sampling involving an individual from an ordered sampling frame .
- 9How do we analyse data in sociology?We analyse data through ...
.mixed methods
.statistical analysis
.patterns and trends
. Graphs - 10What is quantitative data Methods and an example?Quantitative data methods produce numerical data , some examples of this are ..
. Questionnaires
. Structured interviews
.non participant observation - 11What is qualitative data methods and examples?Qualitative data methods produce data that is in depth and some examples are ..
. Unstructured interviews
. Participant observations - 12What is the usefulness of a mixed method approach?The accuracy of data of one method is less than the accuracy of data from multiple methods .
.Triangulation - 13What is primary data ?Primary data is raw , first hand data that has been conducted.
- 14What is secondary data ?Secondary data is second hand data that is collected rather than conducted.
- 15How do you interpret data ?Through graphs , diagrams , charts , and tables to show patterns and trends in statistical data .
- 16What are some practical issues?Some practical issues are : time , cost , access to recourses, researcher skills , access to participants , trust (rapport)
- 17How can we resolve practical issues?.controlled conditions
.suitable methods
.clear purpose
.grounded theory
. Literature review - 18What are some ethical issues?.consent
.confidentiality
. Harm to participants
. Vulnerable groups
.covert research
. Deception - 19How can we prevent ethical issues?. Ethical code
.Nuremberg code
.informed consent
. Data protection act
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- Sociology FlashCards sobre Sociology research methods, criado por kadija Erumuse em 23-02-2019.
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