The comparatve method
- Created by: annagaskell
- Created on: 16-04-19 12:49
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- The comparative method
- no experiments, researcher identifies two groups very alike apart from variable interested in and compares secondary data
- strengths
- can be used to study the past
- no artificiality
- cheap and easy
- no ethical problems
- favoured by interpretivists
- weaknesses
- uses secondary data
- researcher has no control over EV's so difficult to establish c+e
- not favoured by interpretivists
- example/ durkiem- suicide rates of different religions. compared and found catholic lower than protestant
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