Sociology particapant observation

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  • Created by: Grace
  • Created on: 25-04-13 21:48
Getting in - PO
some easier than others. personal charecteristics; ned polskey (pool), james patrick (gang). Other issues; age; sarah t. GRIFFEN.
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Staying in - PO
'going native' illegal activities and maurice punch
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Getting out - PO
go back to normal - Whyte and James patrick
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Pratical Strengths - PO overt
naive questions and notes (venterkash)
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Pratical limitations - PO overt
Hawthorne effect, may only say what want you to know; PUNCH
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Ethical - PO overt
consent - hawthorne
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Pratical strengths - PO covert - secret
reduces risk of hawthorne effect. Luad humpreys.
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Pratical limitations - PO covert - ACT - SUIT - BREAD
keep up act. James patrick - suit. Also criminal acts. Recording data - BREAD.
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Ethical - PO overt
consent. decieiveing. James patrick fled.
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Practical advantages - FLEXIBILITY
access - only for certain groups - gangs - PO gains trust
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Ethical strengths
Ends justify the means
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Ethical limitations
Consent
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Theotrical strengths - VALIDAITY STRENGHTS
verstehen. flexibilty - able to get unknown outcomes - unlike postivists
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Validity limitations
reject 'verstehen' - subjective. 'going native'
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Theotrical limitations - Reliabilty
Down to one lone researchers personal charecteristics so hard to repeat
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Theotrical limitaitons - representiveness
sample is small, hard to generalise with population
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Card 2

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'going native' illegal activities and maurice punch

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Staying in - PO

Card 3

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go back to normal - Whyte and James patrick

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Card 4

Front

naive questions and notes (venterkash)

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Card 5

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Hawthorne effect, may only say what want you to know; PUNCH

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