Research Methods Flashcards

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1
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Which data is collected first hand by sociologists?

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Primary data

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Which data is information used by sociologists that had been collected by someone else?

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Secondary data

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3
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What is quantitative data?

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Information in a numerical form, e.g. GCSE league tables

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What is qualitative data?

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Information in a written form, goes more in depth, e.g. one student’s account of feels to get certain exam results

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5
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What does PET stand for?

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Practical Ethical Theoretical

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6
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Examples of practical issues?

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Time and money, funding bodies, personal skills, gaining access, subject matter, opportunity

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7
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Examples of ethical issues?

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Informed consent, confidentiality, participants, vulnerable groups, covert research

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Examples of theoretical factors?

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Validity, reliability, representation, perspective

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9
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Is quantitative data an example of positivism or Interpretivism?

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Positivism

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10
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Is qualitative data an example of positivism or interpretivism?

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Interpretivism

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11
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What does practical mean?

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Issues which affect our ability of carrying out the research

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12
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What does ethical mean?

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Moral issues of right or wrong

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13
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What does theoretical mean?

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Positivist or Interpretivist approach

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14
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what does it mean to β€œgo native”?

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when you become so embedded in research that you effectively join the group you are researching (barker)

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15
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covert

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when the participants don’t know the research is being carried out

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16
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overt

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when the participants know the research is being carried out

17
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participant observation

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where the researcher takes part in the research/activity

18
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non participant observation

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when the researcher doesn’t take part in the research/activity

19
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what is the hawthorne effect

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where the participants change their behaviour to appear in better light in the study