Main stages of the research process Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 main research stages?
A
1- Cost
2- Funding
3- Time
4- Nature of subject matter
5- Social characteristics of researchers
2
Q
What are ethics?
A
A set of principles of conduct that govern behaviour of groups and individuals
3
Q
What are aims?
A
What the researcher hopes to reveal about the topic
4
Q
What is a hypothesis?
A
A statement predicting the outcome of an experiment
5
Q
What is induction?
A
The process of using evidence to build a theory out of testing hypotheses
6
Q
What is deduction?
A
The process of making predictions based on a theory
7
Q
What is primary data?
A
Data collected by the sociologist themselves (‘first-hand)
8
Q
What is secondary data?
A
Data that already existing- not collected by the researcher
