Methods In Context Flashcards
Positivist qualities
Sociology is a science and can be studied with no bias
Free of values
Quantitate data
Top down theory
Quantitate data
Data that produces number and statistics on a large (macro) scale
Interpretivist qualities
Sociology is not a science and is all about bias
Lots of values
Qualitative data
Bottom up theory
Qualitative data
Data that produces words and meaning on a smaller (micro) scale
Positivists research methods
Questionnaire
Structured interviews
Lab experiments
Observation non/participant
Interpretivist research methods
Unstructured interviews
Observation non/participant
Focus group
Practical factors
Funding, time, cost, practicality, opportunity, access
Ethical factors
Harm (self or others), covert/overt, confidentially, vulnerable groups
Theory factors
Representative, generalisable, reliability, validity
