RESEARCH METHODS

Question 1

Positivism

Answer 1

Scientific approach looking for empirical evidence that can be measured
Evidence should be testable and revisitable
Should be cumulative and build on previous knowledge
Look for variables

Question 2

Positivism methodology

Answer 2

Macro - large scale
Hypothetico- deductive model:
Hypothesis -> pilot study -> survey -> process data -> theory

Question 3

Positivism data

4 things

Answer 3

Quantitative
Reliable
Representative
Trends & patterns

Question 4

Positivism methods

4 things

Answer 4

Experiments
Questionnaires
Structures interviews
Official statistics

Question 5

Interpretivism

Answer 5

Usually rejects a quantitative approach a seek qualitative research.
Uncovering the meaning of social action rather than simply measuring it through stats
They aim to achieve verstehen, rapport & uncover subject meaning and grounded theory

Question 6

Interpretivist methodology

Answer 6

Micro - small scale

Ethnographic research

Question 7

Interpretivist data

Answer 7

qualitative

valid

Question 8

Interpretivist methods

Answer 8

unstructured interviews
group interviews
observation
participant observation

Question 9

Random sampling

Answer 9

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Question 10

Quasi-random sampling (systematic)

Answer 10

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Question 11

Stratified samping

Answer 11

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Question 12

Quota sampling

Answer 12

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Question 13

Cluster sampling

Answer 13

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Question 14

Values and objectivity

Answer 14

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Question 15

Operationalisation

Answer 15

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Question 16

Reliability

Answer 16

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Question 17

Validity

Answer 17

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Question 18

Representiveness

Answer 18

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Question 19

Secondary victimisation

Answer 19

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Question 20

6 practical issues

Answer 20

Choice of method
Sampling
Access
Gatekeepers
Time
Funding

Question 21

5 advantages of lab exp

Answer 21

Identify IV & DV
Control of variables
Indentifying causation
Control group and experimental 
Replicability

Question 22

3 disadvantages of lab exp

Answer 22

Artificial
Hawthorne
Social desirability

Question 23

advantages of field exp

Answer 23

Increased validity

Verstehen?