quantative methods Flashcards

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what are quantative methods

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gain quantity data, can be collected and turned into stats to identify cause and effect. preferred by positivists

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what are the quantative methods

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  • surveys
  • questionnaires
  • structured interviews
  • experiments
  • statistics
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advantages of questionnaires

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  • data more rep- large scale= gen
  • reliable- same questions
  • practical
  • objective- no interview bias
  • ethical- choose to do it
  • data easy to quantify
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disadvantages of questionnaires

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  • need to be brief to encourage completition= lack depth
  • poor repsonse rate
  • certain type of ppl- not gen
  • misinterpret question
  • set questions= inflexible
  • lack validity- lying
  • questions impose assumptions
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structured interviews advantages

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  • more rep than unstructured less than questionnaires
  • reliable- same questions
  • practical- cheaper than unstr but not questionnaires
  • data easy to quantify to identify trends
  • higher resp than questionnaires
  • interviewer effect limited
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structured interviews disadvantages

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  • need to be brief to encourage completion= lack depth
  • set interview schedules inflexible- closed questions
  • lack validity- no way of checking truth
  • closed questions impose assumptions
  • not completely free from interviewer effect
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experiment examples

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milgram, zimbardo, rosenthall and jacobson

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lab experiment

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artifical environment, full control over variables

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field experiment

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conducted in real life setting

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advantages of experiments

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  • reliable- lab standardised= replicated
  • sometimes only way to uncover true behaviour
    -quant data preferred by positivists= cause and effect
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disadvantges of experiments

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  • influence of experimenter
  • unethical
  • cant control all variables
  • hawthorne effect
    lack validity
  • may identify way people behave but not why
  • cannot apply to reality
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what is the comparative method

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the thought that experiment that identified 2 groups that are same apart from one characteristic.

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