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Research Methods
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- 1Theorygeneral interpretation used to explain observed phenomenon
- 2Variablesfactors that change, overall potential values
- 3Operational Definitionsdefine how you will measure the variables
decide which values match with which variable - 4Experimentsscientifically ideal - controlled variables
* not ideal for sociology
- ethics
- artificial nature of laboratory
- difficult to control variation - 5SurveysValidity - questions should be understood by participants & measure whats being asked correctly
* respondent must answer thoughtfully & truthfully
Reliability - repeatability in trials
* data representative? - 6Random Sampleevery person has the same probability of being selected
* need list of entire population - 7Stratified Random Samplecompares two samples - division into groups / population
* must be random & equal - 8Snowball Samplestart with a small sample that grows through social connections
- 9Advantages & Disadvantages of Qualitative & Quantitative ResearchQuantitative Data - identifies variation in groups *doesn't explain cause of variation
Qualitative Data - explains process / variation in groups *not good for generalization - 10Field Researchobserve events as they actually occur
*doesn't introduce changes into the environment nor are experimental groups created - 11Non-Participant Observation"fly on the wall" people don't know they are being studied
*research must understand context to correctly interpret observations - 12Participant Observationresearcher participates in research setting, people know they are being observed
*people may create impression management - 13Ethnographylong-term participant observation resulting in a holistic analysis of a culture / group / community
- 14Interviewssemi structured, allow elaboration and personal accounts / interpretation
- 15Content Anaylsisnot generating new data, analyzing past research in combination
- 16Secondary Data Analysisquantitative - looking at past data sets & answering research questions based on trends
- 17Visual Sociologyphotography / videos that support research
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- Understanding Social Life (Midterm) FlashCards sobre Research Methods, criado por rmichelle.madsen em 19-04-2015.
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