Sociology Research Methods

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Surveys, what are they good for?
QUANTITATIVE: 1. Large population - more accurate. 2. Flexible (internet, postage)
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Questionnaires, what are they good for?
QUANTITATIVE: 1. Cheap to do. 2.Flexible. 3. anonymous.
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Structured Interview, what is it good for?
QUANTITATIVE: 1. Standardised questions - all respondents have same questions. 2. Interviewer is present to explain.
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Semi/Unstructured Interview, what is it good for?
QUALITATIVE: 1. Participant can withdraw. 2. Freedom to add questions. 3. Interviewer is present to explain questions.
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Participant Observation, what is it good for?
QUALITATIVE: 1. Researcher views group naturally. 2. Get info on hard to reach people. 3. adaptation of ideas.
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RESEARCH PROJECT: QUALITATIVE APPROACH
Semi/Unstructured interviews
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Literature review (to find out if the research has been done before)
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Operationalise concepts (where/who/explain or dictionary)
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Research questions (3 questions)
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Sampling part 1: people being studied? target population? sampling frame (phone directory)? access (school, parents)?, sampling technique (stratified random, snowball, quota)?
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Preferred method: 5 advantages, qualitative data, validity, interpretivists
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5 disadvantages of method, reliability, positivists
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Sampling, representatives, generalisability: can you generalise?
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Ethics (follow BSA guidelines, informed consent, right to withdraw, anonymity, sensitive topic)
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Practical issues (access, time management, money)
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Analysis of data/conclusion
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QUANTITATIVE: 1. Cheap to do. 2.Flexible. 3. anonymous.

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Questionnaires, what are they good for?

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QUANTITATIVE: 1. Standardised questions - all respondents have same questions. 2. Interviewer is present to explain.

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QUALITATIVE: 1. Participant can withdraw. 2. Freedom to add questions. 3. Interviewer is present to explain questions.

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QUALITATIVE: 1. Researcher views group naturally. 2. Get info on hard to reach people. 3. adaptation of ideas.

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