module 4

Question 1

archival data

Answer 1

a type of secondary data that consists of documentary material left by people and organizations as a product of their everyday lives

Question 2

case study

Answer 2

in depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual.

Question 3

content analysis

Answer 3

a quantitative approach to textual research that selects an item of textual content that can be reliably and consistently observed and coded and surveys the prevalence of that item in a sample of textual output.

Question 4

ethnography

Answer 4

observing a complete social setting and all that it entails. observing the social prospecting and cultural values of an entire social setting.
aims to understand the social perspective and cultural values of a group by PARTICIPATING in or knowing their activities in detail

Question 5

field research

Answer 5

gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey

Question 6

hawthorne effect

Answer 6

when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of being observed by a researcher. people changing their behaviour because they know they are being watched.

Question 7

Hermeneutic

Answer 7

a theory and methodology of interpretation

Question 8

institutional ethnography

Answer 8

the study of the way everyday life is coordinated through institutional textually medicated practices

Question 9

non reactive

Answer 9

unobtrusive research that does not include direct contract with subjects and will not alter or influence peoples behaviours

Question 10

participant observation

Answer 10

immersion by a researcher in a group or social setting in order to make observations from an insider perspective.

Question 10

primary data

Answer 10

data collected directly from firsthand experience

Question 11

research design

Answer 11

the set of methods and procedures used in collecting and analyzing measures of the variables specified in the problem research

Question 12

secondary data analysis

Answer 12

using data collected by others but applying are interpretations

Question 13

textual analysis

Answer 13

using Data collected by others but applying new interpretations

Question 14

textually mediated communication

Answer 14

institutional forms of communication that rely on written documents, text, and paperwork.

Question 15

photo voice

Answer 15

a research method most appropriate for a research project that is related to the investigation of the needs of teenagers with low income neighbourhoods

Question 16

In order to be deemed reliable, the results of a scientific study must be able to be…

Answer 16

replicated

Question 17

data coding

Answer 17

organizing data according to key categories and concepts

Question 18

real world researchers often…

Answer 18

deviate from the conventional order of the scientific method

Question 19

when conducting in-depth interviews with research participants, the researcher needs to ask questions in such a way to encourage…

Answer 19

rich and descriptive detail from individual participants

Question 20

data that is collected and stored in the mass observation project has been obtained from…

Answer 20

average, everyday people.

Question 21

ethnographic observation happens when?

Answer 21

research questions have more to do with how people interact and less with how they say they interact.

Question 22

secondary data analysis takes place when?

Answer 22

when one researches by reading articles, watching documentaries, reading journals on the topic and watching interviews. EX. WHEN WRITNG PAPER OR ESSAY FOR CLASS YOU MUST RESEARCH.

Question 23

what role do values play in sociological research?

Answer 23

values influence sociologists research questions, but they do not determine findings.

Question 24

field research

Answer 24

refers to gathering primary data from a NATURAL environment (coffee shop, school, mall ect.)without doing a lab experiment or survey. interpretive approach. observers behaviour, how people behave and why.

Question 25

what are the types of field research

Answer 25

participant observation, ethnography, and institutional ethnography.

Question 26

participant observation

Answer 26

a form of study where researchers join people and participate in a groups routine activities for the purpose of observing them within that context. researchers try to blend into a community to conduct their research

Question 27

Ethnography study

Answer 27

the extended observation of the social perspective and cultural values of an entire social setting. focuses on how subjects view their own social standing and understand themselves in a relation to community

Question 28

Institutional ethnography (Dorthy smith)

Answer 28

focuses on the study of the way everyday life is coordinated through “textually medicated practices: the use of written documents, standardixed bureaucratic categories and formalized relationships.