Sociology Research Methods
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- Created on: 11-12-12 14:07
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- Experiments
- Lab Experiments
- Experiments:
This is where the researcher has the opportunity to
control variables in order to discover their effect.
The experimental group/ the control group.
- Positivists favor lab experiments for their reliablity
- For interpretivists,they lact validity
- Positivists favor lab experiments for their reliablity
- • Keat and Urry argue that lab experiments are only suitable when all variables can be controlled
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Individuals are unique and therefore we cannot
match members of the control and experimental groups exactly.
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We cannot control variables that were acting in the
past
- Small Samples can only be studied
- The Hawthorne Effect!
- Small Samples can only be studied
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We cannot control variables that were acting in the
past
- Informed Consent
- Lab Experiments
- Experiments:
This is where the researcher has the opportunity to
control variables in order to discover their effect.
The experimental group/ the control group.
- Positivists favor lab experiments for their reliablity
- For interpretivists,they lact validity
- Positivists favor lab experiments for their reliablity
- • Keat and Urry argue that lab experiments are only suitable when all variables can be controlled
- ·
Individuals are unique and therefore we cannot
match members of the control and experimental groups exactly.
- ·
We cannot control variables that were acting in the
past
- Small Samples can only be studied
- The Hawthorne Effect!
- Small Samples can only be studied
- ·
We cannot control variables that were acting in the
past
- Informed Consent
- Harm to subjects
- Treating subjects fairly
- Harm to subjects
- ·
Individuals are unique and therefore we cannot
match members of the control and experimental groups exactly.
- Experiments:
This is where the researcher has the opportunity to
control variables in order to discover their effect.
The experimental group/ the control group.
- Harm to subjects
- Treating subjects fairly
- Lab Experiments
- ·
Individuals are unique and therefore we cannot
match members of the control and experimental groups exactly.
- Experiments:
This is where the researcher has the opportunity to
control variables in order to discover their effect.
The experimental group/ the control group.
- Field Experiments
- Used to overcome validity issues
- Take place in the subject's natural environment and the subject does not know it is an experiment
- Researcher manupilates variables
- Comparative Method
- Lab Experiments
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