Methodology
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- Created on: 04-06-17 11:16
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- Methods
- Interpretivism
- Unstructured, informal, micro, qualitative, valid, value-laden, anecdotal methodology
- Natural/field experiment, small scale surveys, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews, participant observation, personal documents
- They regard these methods as valuable as they use grounded theory (forming analysis from data already collected) with vershten.
- Natural/field experiment, small scale surveys, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews, participant observation, personal documents
- Criticisms
- Lack of reliability, it is subjective research as their methods depend on the researcher's interpretation of meaning.
- The research is invalid as the close relationships formed may cause hawthorne effect. Has limited use.
- Unstructured, informal, micro, qualitative, valid, value-laden, anecdotal methodology
- Positivism
- Scientific, structured, formal, macro, quantitative, reliable, value-free, empirical methodology
- Artificial experiments, comparative method, large scale surveys, pre-coded questionnaires, structured interviews, non-participant observation, official statistics.
- They regard these methods as valuable as they provide empirical data which can be generalised. It is reliable as the findings can be checked and replicated. Detachment of researchers.
- Artificial experiments, comparative method, large scale surveys, pre-coded questionnaires, structured interviews, non-participant observation, official statistics.
- Criticisms
- Not valid or a true account of society as they impose the researcher's own framework. e.g deciding what questions to ask.
- Official statistics are social constructions as they are a record of decision-making by officials. e.g. suicide statistics are the coroners decision.
- Feminism
- It has masculine bias and produces a male view of society.
- Treats women as insignificant extensions of men, research on men generalised to women.
- Malestream methods such as structured interviews not helpful for women.
- Value-commitment
- Scientific, structured, formal, macro, quantitative, reliable, value-free, empirical methodology
- Issues in Research
- Practical
- Time; Venkatesh study of gangs involved him following a gang for an extended period of time.
- Cost; Griffin 'Black Like Me' to artificially darken his skin he underwent lots of costly treatments.
- Access; Val Hey studied friendship between girls, she sometimes gave them gifts to mss lessons to take part in research, wasn't allowed in the school.
- Researcher's characteristics; Oakley, as a feminist studying women in the role of the housewife
- Ethical
- Going native; Hobbs got a job as a bouncer to understand their lives and attitudes.
- Confidentiality; Humphreys invasion of the privacy of homosexual men in the tearoom trade. He threatened the social standing of his subjects.
- Deception; Humphrey, pretended to be a ******, acted as a lookout for police.
- Withdrawal; Rosenthal and Jacobson, children did not have the option to withdraw from the study.
- Informed consent; Humphreys, he couldn't get consent to study the prostitutes as they were unaware of his true identity.
- Research on vulnerable groups; Val HEY get away from the children.
- Harm to participants; Griffin, emotional
- Theoretical
- Value-laden, value-freedom, value-commitment.
- Methods used.
- Interpretation of results
- Choice of topic.
- Practical
- Interpretivism
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