Pratical, Ethical And Theoretical Issues Flashcards
What is a practical issues
Things that affect your ability to do the research
What are the 11 practical issues
Access, time, money, requirements of the funding body (they may have a political bias which my steer the research) , personal skills and characteristics of researcher (do they have right skills and characteristics), subject matter, language, gatekeepers(those who manage flow of info impact research eg. Gang leader), recording data, complexity of the setting (globalisation = complex) and spatial issues ( where can research take place)
What is an ethical issue
Moral concerns raised by the research
What are the 7 ethical issues
Informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, psychological harm , vulnerable groups, deception, right to withdraw and guilty knowledge
What is vulnerable groups
Children, victims of crime etc should be given extra support
What is guilty knowledge
When a researcher learns something about a ppt that puts then in a moral dilemma e.g. you found out someone is suffering from abuse should you intervene or respect their privacy
What is a theoretical issue
It’s an issue related to the scientific or non-scientific nature of the research
What are the 7 theoretical issues
Validity, reliability, representativeness, objectivity/ detachment, subjectivity/ attachment , verstehen, impression management
What is validity
The accuracy of the data e.g. did it measure what it intended to
What is reliability
The repeatability of the study
What is representativeness
How far you can generalise from the sample to wider target population
What is objectivity/ detachment
Researcher keeps their personal views out of the research
What is subjectivity/ attachment
Where the researcher personal views DO impact the researcher
What is verstehen
Putting yourself in someone’s else’s shoes - empathising
What is impression management
When ppts change their behaviour to win social approval
What are demand characteristics called in sociology
The Hawthorne effect ( when ppts change behaviour because they know their are being observed )
What is positivism
Scientific approach to studying society
What does positivism :
Aim to do
Type of data is uses
What scale
What does it prioritise
How does it collect data
-Identify a cause and effect relationship
-quantitative data
-macro scale
-reliability and representativeness
-questionaires, statistics and experiments
What is interpretivism
A non-scientific approach to studying society
What does interpretivism :
Aim to do
Type of data it uses
What scale
What does it prioritise
How does it collect data
-it aim to reach verstehen
-qualitative data
-micro scale
-it prioritises validity
- interviews, observations and documents
