Method of sociological research

Question 1

Taylor

Answer 1

(1990)

Question 2

Durkheim

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(1897)

Question 3

Douglas

Answer 3

(1967)

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Atkinson

Answer 4

(1978)

Question 5

Quantitative

Answer 5

Usually number form and expressed in the form of statistics

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Qualitative

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data that is made up of words, which gives more in-depth answers

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Validity

Answer 7

Research findings are true to life.

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

data that can easily be repeated and produce the same results.

Question 9

Realism sociologists

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Uses a mixture of both interpretivists and positivists

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Reprisentativness

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A sample of people have been studied which shares the same characteristics of a larger gorup

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Generalisation

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information collected in a group that is generalised into a larger social group

Question 12

Ellerby-Jones

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Et al (2015)
qualative and quantative descriptions

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Questionnaire

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a list of pre set questions to which the responders are asked to supply the answer

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Unstructured interview

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a guided conversation to which the interveiwer has a few topics in mind to cover

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Browne

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(2015)

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Questionnaire strengths

Answer 16

Cheap, efficient, quick, produce similar results when closed ability to have random people- reprisentatinesss

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Questionnaire weaknesses

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The meaning of questions might be unclear to people and the respondents cannot add anything on to express themselves as freely as they would like

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Open- ended question strength

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interpretivists, expess yourself how you want to

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open- ended question weakness

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cannot compare data

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unstructured interview strength

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more flexibility, ability to change direction= validity, group interveiws

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unstructured interveiw weakness

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hard to compare, cannot replicate, harder for a sociologist to draw to a conclusion

Question 22

What did Durkheim study

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suicide using official statistics

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two different forms of suicicide

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intergration and regulation

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intergration

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the socialisation into the norms, values and lifestyles of social groups and society

Question 25

regulation

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the control of which society and social groups have over individuals and behaviour

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What does douglas do

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rejects durkeims ideas

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if douglas conducted the study again…

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he would use more qualative data such as diaries, interviews with survivors and family members

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Coroner

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interpret deaths

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taylor and atkinson

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disagree with durkheim

Question 30

taylor:

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statistics are not valid

Question 31

Atkinson:

Answer 31

cannot objectify deaths, cant find the real meaning, study how coroners come to classify the deaths