Methodological Approaches

Question 1

Ethnographic Studies

Answer 1

Research aiming to live through the experiences of the group being studied. Qualitative.
Barker- The Moonies.
Valid and Verstehen.

Question 2

Longitudinal Studies

Answer 2

Studies designed to look at development and change. Usually consisting of the same group or individual over long periods of time.
Child of the New Century
Valid and Reliable.

Question 3

Methodological Pluralism

Answer 3

Research combining quantitative and qualitative methods, aiming to both measure and interpret the social world, favoured by Realists.
Barker- The Moonies. Questionnaires and Observations.
Valid and Reliable.

Question 4

Triangulation

Answer 4

When the researcher uses two or more methods or when two or more researchers use the same method.
Archer- two types of qualitative methods: secondary (news reports) and primary (unstructured interviews).
Valid and Reliable.