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- 1validity postivists validity more likely to be valid in ?Construct
An accurate statistical measurement - 2validity interpretevist validity more likely to be valid in ?ecological
true descriptive picture - 3representativeness positivistic- representative of a larger yarget pop
- accurate proportional reflection
- probability sampling methods
- systematic
-standardised - 4representativeness interpretivistic- unstandardised methods
- non probability
- less likely to be an accurate proportional reflection - 5Experiments what are they ? what is the aim- a procedure carried out in order to test and hypothesis
- the aim is to generate a cause and effect relationship between different variables in order to establish quasi-absolute laws - 6postivists experimentslikely to use experiments because they are mostly used to generate quantitative data that can be used ti measure human social behaviour
- 7interpretivists - experimentsless likely to use them as they want to generate qualitative data and experiments don't
they want to understand people consciousness to achieve verstehen - 8Questionnaires- a written document made up of a series of questions designed to gather data about society and social behaviour
- 9questionnaires - postivistic- likely to use closed ended questions in order to gather quantitative data
- 10questionnaires - interpretivistsuse questionnaires with open ended questions in order to get a true descriptive picture and indepth data to achieve verstehen
- 11interviews 3 typesprimary method of data collection
structured
unstructured
semi structured - 12interviews postivistsuse structured interviews with standardised questions
value free - 13interviews realistsemi structured
like to gather both qualitative and quantitative - 14group interviewsinterviewer asks a group of respondants of open and closed ended questions in an informal group setting
interviewer plays an active role - 15focus group interviewsprimary method of data collection where an interviewer asks a group of respondents a specific question or topic and lets them discuss it in an informal setting
interviewer stays detached - 16focus groups and group interviews - postivistless likely to use them as they are not designed to generate quantitative data
- 17focus groups and group interviews - interpretevistslikely to use these as they generate qualitative and indepth data
- 18cross sectional studiessociologists carry out at a specific point in time; the data is collected form a cross section of a larger target population
- 19longitudinal studiesresearch study carried out over a long period
- 20case studiesan in depth and detailed study of one example of something e.g. james patrick
- 21ethnographic studiesan in depth and detail study of a culture or subculture of a social group
- 22Hawthorne affect or reactivity weeks et alwhen the participant distorts their answers and behaviour and there fore the data isnt valid
weeks argues that primary data isnt valid because if the hawthorne affect - 23what mixed methods are positivistic likely to use ? why ?positivists are likely to mix 2 quantitative methods such as a questionnaire and a structured interview
this is because they like to achieve an accurate statistical measurement from quantitative data - 24what mixed methods are interpretivists likely to use ? why ?likely to mix 2 qualitative methods such as unstructured interviews or focus groups because they want there data to be high in ecological validity which they achieve using in depth qualitative methods
- 25what mixed methods are realists likely to use ? why ?like to mix a quantitative and qualitative method for example questionnaires and a structured interview which is called methodological pluralism
- 26values should research be value free or value laden ? positivistsObjectivity
refers to someone not being influenced by cultural and personal values
the researcher remains detached - 27values should research be value free or value laden ? interpretivistssubjectivity
refers to someone who may be influenced by cultural or personal values
the researcher is more attached - 28the solutionreflexivity - a form of self reflection where the researcher constantly questions how far there decisions and presence may influence the research
- 29committed sociologistssociologists use their studies to improve the conditions of those who are oppressed in society
e.g. marxists and feminists - 30Triangulationthe process of cross checking the validity and reliability of research findings by comparing data collected using 2 or more methods from 2 or more sources
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