RESEARCH

RESEARCH

1. POSITIVIST

   • QUANTITATIVE DATA
     • STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
     • OFFICIAL STATISTICS
     • QUESTIONNAIRES
     • EXPERIMENTS
   • SEE SOCIOLOGY AS SCIENTIFIC
   • AIM TO DISCOVER PATTERNS OF BEHAIVOUR

2. INTERPRETIVIST

   • QUALITATIVE DATA
     • UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
     • PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS
     • PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
   • AIM TO UNDERSTAND MEANING OF BEHAIVOUR
   • REJECT VIEW SOCIOLOGY IS A SCIENCE

3. OBSERVATION

   • NON-PARTICIPANT
   • PARTICIPANT
   • COVERT
     • LAUD HUMPHREYS
     • JAMES PATRICK
   • OVERT
     • VENKATESH
   • STRUCTURED
   • UNSTRUCTURED

4. PET

   • PRACTICAL ISSUES
   • THEORETICAL ISSUES
   • ETHICAL ISSUES
     • DECIET