Research Methods 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySociological research methodsASOCR Created by: isabelc1998Created on: 26-04-16 11:38 Positivism - Concerned only with facts. They just quantitative data to get their results. 1 of 16 Interpretivitst Concerned with opinions and feelings of the people they are studying. They want to use qualitative data to see how people are really feeling. 2 of 16 Reliability Can be repeated to have the same result 3 of 16 Social construction A theory that examines the development of jointly constructed understandings of the world that form the basis for shared assumptions about reality. 4 of 16 Reflexivity Circular relationships between cause and effect 5 of 16 Validity True to life 6 of 16 Representative Sample is representative of population 7 of 16 Verstehen Empathise with people you are researching 8 of 16 Quantitative data Data in the form of numbers 9 of 16 Qualitative data Data in the form of words, feelings and opinions 10 of 16 Data that speaks for itself Data that needs no explanation 11 of 16 Value freedom Adopting an approach to research that is not influenced by political, moral, racial or gender considerations. 12 of 16 Subjectivity Referring to how someone's judgment is shaped by personal opinions and feelings instead of outside influences. 13 of 16 Interpretation The action of explaining the meaning of something 14 of 16 Generalisability Making a judgement 15 of 16 Objectivity The quality of being impartial 16 of 16
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