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archival data

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

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case study

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

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content analysis

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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.

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ethnography

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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

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field research

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

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hawthorne effect

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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.

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Hermeneutic

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a theory and methodology of interpretation

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institutional ethnography

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

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non reactive

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

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participant observation

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

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primary data

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data collected directly from firsthand experience

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research design

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

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secondary data analysis

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using data collected by others but applying are interpretations

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textual analysis

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using Data collected by others but applying new interpretations

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textually mediated communication

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

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photo voice

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

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

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replicated

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data coding

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organizing data according to key categories and concepts

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real world researchers often…

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deviate from the conventional order of the scientific method

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

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rich and descriptive detail from individual participants

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

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average, everyday people.

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ethnographic observation happens when?

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

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secondary data analysis takes place when?

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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.

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what role do values play in sociological research?

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

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field research

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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.

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what are the types of field research

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participant observation, ethnography, and institutional ethnography.

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participant observation

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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

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Ethnography study

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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

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Institutional ethnography (Dorthy smith)

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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.