(1) participant observation (researcher directly getting involved- participanting and joining in (2) systematic observation (observing social groups in an orderly systematic fashion- conducting their interview according to pre-established schedule
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participant observation (2)
(1) covert (joining in without reveaking their true identity) (2) overt (the researcher is open about their identity and intensions)
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hawthorne effect
is the effect of being studied
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interviews (2)
(1) structured/formal interviews (same question in the same order) (2) unstructured/informal interviews (informal conversations not tied to pre-set questions)
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willmot &young
conducted 2,000 structured formal interviews (the symmetrical family)
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anne oakley
40 informal interviews about 2-4 hrs long the find the views of housework from housewifes
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william labov
is a black interpretivist who used informal interviews too discover whether black americans had an inferior language code to white people - showed that informal interviews put people at ease and get valid info
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questionnaires (2)
(1) types of questions (2) how they are delivered/administered
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types of questions (2)
(1) closed-ended (2) open-ended
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how they are delivered/administrated (3)
(1) handed out (2) interview (3) post/email/fb
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shere hite
carried out a nation wide survey into sexual behavior of american women and only ha d a 3% response rate- invaild because those who answered might not be representative of the whole sample
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secondry data
is info thatr has been collected by someone already for thier own purpose, but sociologists will often adapt for their own research
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types of secondry data (4)
(1) expressive documents (2) media reports (3) officail statistics (4) previous sociological research
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expressive documents
are sources of info that orginates from individuals or groups of people e.g. letters/diaries/novels
numerical data produced by national and local government bodies
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previous sociological research
it may ot be an official type of secondry data,sociologists will ften refer to information from previous sociological research in ther own study
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jnet finch
decided to copy a study that had been done about 30yrs earlier to see if she would get the same results
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Card 2
Front
(1) covert (joining in without reveaking their true identity) (2) overt (the researcher is open about their identity and intensions)
Back
participant observation (2)
Card 3
Front
is the effect of being studied
Back
Card 4
Front
(1) structured/formal interviews (same question in the same order) (2) unstructured/informal interviews (informal conversations not tied to pre-set questions)
Back
Card 5
Front
conducted 2,000 structured formal interviews (the symmetrical family)
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