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quantitative

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numerical form, graphs and statistics

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qualitative

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words, attitudes feelings values and motives

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representativeness

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sample size typical cross section of society

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practical issue - time

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unstructured interviews take more time than postal questionnaires

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practical - cost

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postal qustionnaires cheaper

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ethical issue - consent

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informed consent openly agree to take part and have the right to refuse

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ethical - confidentiality

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anonymity

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ethical - harm

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particpants must not be manipulated, mislead or psychologically harmed

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ethical - vulnerability

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young children, ill, disabled and those who have experienced sensitive subject

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theoretical issue - reliability

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produces the same results when repeated several times using same method

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theoretical - validity

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truthful picture of what something is really like

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theoretical - objectivity

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absence of bias opinions don’t get in the way - neutral

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theoretical - subjectivity

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individuals viewpoint influences perception or judgement

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positivists

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quantitative, experiments and official stats, natural sciences

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interpretivists

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qualitative, participant observations, unstructured interviews, find deeper true meanings

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primary data - strengths

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control of method, questions, type of data qual/quant

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primary - weaknesses

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time consuming, expensive, difficult to create sample, hard to set up

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secondary - strengths

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already exists, expensive, easy access, allows comparative analysis, large representative sample

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secondary - weaknesses

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out of control of researcher, patchy coverage, mistakes may have been made sociologists have to trust it

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