aspects of secondary research

Question 1

what are public documents? and example

Answer 1

accurate and reflect facts on society, qualitative, insight
example= gov report

Question 2

personal documents? and example

Answer 2

individuals explore their own thoughts and feelings= historical or contemporary
example= diaries and letters

Question 3

historical documents? and example

Answer 3

primary sources around the time of event your studying
example= parish records, census and school inspection report

Question 4

public document adv & dis

Answer 4

adv=
-sufficent amount of these can create a statistical database
dis=
-none

Question 5

personal documents adv

Answer 5

adv=
-rich qualitative and high validity
-ecologically valid- window into particippants
-diaries are in natural env
-diaries are alternaitve to interviews which can be hard to recall
-diaries stop travelling long distance
-may reflect useful and untypical topics

Question 6

personal documents dis

Answer 6

-individual chooses what they want to include so biased and hard to generalise
-questions validity some may not be honest
-operationalisation of terms may be different to the researcher

Question 7

historical records adv and dis

Answer 7

adv=
-may be the only source of info ab a certain establishment
dis=
-cant check accuracy if author is dead
-hard to check imambiguites if author is uncontactable

Question 8

what is content analysis?

Answer 8

analysing media content to produce quantative data
-devise categories
-count number of times you see things which fill each category

Question 9

problems w content analysis?

Answer 9

-confusion on what fits each category
-not everything can fit certain categories
-disagree on what goes into certain categories

Question 10

Practical adv and dis of CA?

Answer 10

adv practical:
-its cheap
- easy to access media content

dis practical:
-may not clealry fit categories
-time consuming

Question 11

theortical and ethical adv and dis of CA?

Answer 11

adv theoritical:
-positivists say it provides quantative data- look at patterns and trends

dis theoritical:
-interprevists argue u cant get a deep understanding, doesnt reveal why grp presented in such ways
-subjective (interpret differently), reduce validity and reliablity

ethical adv:
-doesnt involve individuals

Question 12

example of content analysis?

Answer 12

-tuchman= she looked at the way women are protrayed in TV programmes and counted up the number of times they were shown in certain roles

Question 13

longitudinal research advantages & disadvantages?

Answer 13

adv:
-identify changes overtime
-build picture and understanding
-increase validity, avoid problems not remembering past events

dis:
-people drop out
-change behavior if they know they are part of the study
-its expensive