Factors Influencing Choice of Topic Flashcards
choosing a subject and deciding what topic the wish to study.
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Effects of a sociologist’s perspective.
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Perspectives are different:
- New Right may research differently; welfare benefits, growth of lone-parent families.
- Feminists may research domestic violence as opposition to gender oppression.
2
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Society’s values?
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Values of society matter and over time, it changes.
Shift to another focus as the society’s focus changes.
3
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Practical factors?
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Inaccessibility of certian situations to the researcher may restrict what topic they are able to study.
4
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Funding bodies?
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Some research needs funding from government bodies.
