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Key Terms Flashcards

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Reliable

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Can be repeated numerically

True of all people participating

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Validity

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Can be backed up with facts

Reflects the social picture

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Good Research

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Honest and open
Legal
Protects the identity of participant
Harmless
Confidential
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Positivist

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Numerical Stats

Quantitative

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Interpretists

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Worded Stats

Qualitative

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Collection from Interpretivists

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Interviews
Personal and historical documents
Observations

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Collection from Positivists

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Official statements
Questionnaires
Experiments

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What do Positivists find?

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Science of human behaviour

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What do Interpretivists find?

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Find what people do

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Operationalisation

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Wording may mean different to another person

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Operationalism

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Defining key concepts and identifying how to measure them

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