Intro and PET issues

Question 1

What are some examples of practical issues to do with a researchers characteristics?

Answer 1

Gender. Age. Ethnicity. Class

Question 2

What are practical considerations?

Answer 2

Time. Access. Cost. Researchers characteristics

Question 3

What are some ethical issues?

Answer 3

Harm. Anonymity. Consent. Honest reporting and finding.

Question 4

What are the theoretical issues?

Answer 4

Positivism- Quantative Interpretist - Qualative (verstehen.)

Question 5

What are the two types of evidence used in research?

Answer 5

Primary and Secondary data.

Question 6

What are 3 examples of primary data?

Answer 6

Social Surveys, Participant observation and experiments

Question 7

What are 2 examples of secondary data?

Answer 7

Official statistics and documents

Question 8

What’s Quantative data?

Answer 8

Numerical form

Question 9

Whags qualative data?

Answer 9

Can’t be quantified, much more in depth.

Question 10

What does validity mean?

Answer 10

A method which is one that presents a true or accurate picture of what something is truly like. Many sociologists argue that this is qualative methods as they allow you to see what it is like to be a member of that group

Question 11

What does reliability mean?

Answer 11

Another word is replicability. A reliable method is a a method that can be repeated by Another researcher and get the same result such as in science.

Question 12

What does representatives mean?

Answer 12

Whether or not the people in the study are a typical cross section of the whole group we are interested in.

Question 13

What are positivists?

Answer 13

These like methods which are scientific, reliable and quantative

Question 14

What are two examples of theories that are positivist?

Answer 14

Functionalist and Marxists

Question 15

What are interpreteists?

Answer 15

These like methods which allow for indpeth detailed research, they like qualative and valid data.

Question 16

What are 2 examples of Interpretist theories?

Answer 16

Marxists and some feminists

Question 17

How could we ensure that research could be supported by both positivits and interpretists?

Answer 17

By using semi structured interviews or triangulation using multiple methods which are both qualative and Quantative

Question 18

What are 4 factors that could effect a sociologists researxh?

Answer 18

1. Their perspective. 2. Society’s values. 3. Practical factors eg state crimes wouldn’t be easy to research 4. Funding bodies

Question 19

What is operationalising a concept referring too?

Answer 19

Taking an abstract idea such as social class or cultural capital and turning it into something measurable

Question 20

What is a polit study?

Answer 20

Some researchers carry out a pilot study before the real one to iron out any issues and correct any mistakes. This costs money hurt can prevent issues with the later credibility and validity of the study at a later date.