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Give 3 research methods that can be used for gathering primary data. |
Surveys- Written questionnaires or interviews Observations- The researcher becomes apart of the group they are studying. Experiments- |
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Give 2 ways in which secondary data can be collected. |
-Official statistics- Government report on rise and decline in education, divorce, crime and unemploy -Documents- these include newspapers, letters, diaries, emails and books. |
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Give 3 characteristics of an interpretivist sociologist |
- favours unstructured interviews to obtain validity on research. -favours participant observation to get a deeper insight in his subject view on the study
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What is a hypothesis ? |
A hypothesis is a researchers predetermined response before conducting the research. |
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What are 4 types of sampling techniques? |
Random sampling Quasi-random system |
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Give 3 characteristics of positivists sociologist |
They favour structured interviews and observations They use quantitive data to ensure experiment can be reproduced with same outcome. |
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Theoretical factors which may influence choice of research method. |
Validity Reliability Representativeness Methodological- are they positivist and interprivists ? |
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What does Operationalising concepts mean? Give an example. |
The process of Converting a social concept into a measure |
