Secondary Data: Official Statistics - Strengths and Weaknesses Flashcards by Tom Greenhouse

Sociology - Research Methods (129 decks)

Introduction to Research Methods: The Research Method Issues

Practical Aspects of Research

Ethical Aspects of Research

Theoretical Aspects of Research

Quantitative and Qualitative Definitions

Quantitative Primary Methods

Qualitative Primary Methods

Practical Issues of Research

Ethical Issues of Research

Theoretical Issues of Research

Ethical Problems in Hoyle's Study

Ethical Problems of Humphreys' Study

Ethical Problems in Fleisher's Study

Theoretical Approaches to Research: Positivism

Theoretical Approaches to Research: Interpretivism

Theoretical Approaches to Research: Realism

Quantitative Primary Research Methods: Questionnaires

Questionnaire Assessment Preparation

Quantitative Primary Methods: Questionnaires - Strengths and Weaknesses

Quantitative Primary Methods: Questionnaires - Studies to Apply

Quantitative Primary Methods: Questionnaires - 20 Mark Question Structure

Quantitative Primary Methods: Structured Interviews

Quantitative Primary Methods: Structured Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

Quantitative Primary Methods: Social Surveys

Quantitative Primary Methods: Social Surveys - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Unstructured Interview

Qualitative Primary Methods: Unstructured Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Focus Groups

Qualitative Primary Methods: Focus Groups - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Focus Groups - Studies to Apply

Qualitative Primary Methods: Semi-structured Interviews

Qualitative Primary Methods: Semi-structured Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Semi-structured Interviews - Studies to Apply

Qualitative Primary Methods: Observation

Qualitative Primary Methods: Observation - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Observation Strengths and Weaknesses with applied Studies

Qualitative Primary Methods: Overt Research - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Covert Research - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Ethnography

Qualitative Primary Methods: Ethnography - Strengths and Weaknesses

Qualitative Primary Methods: Longitudional Research and 7-UP

Qualitative Primary Methods: Longitudional Research - Strengths and Weaknesses

Triangulation/Mixed Methods/Methodological Pluralism

Triangulation: Why Researchers Triangulate

Triangulation: Problems with Mixed Methods

Secondary Data: Public/Official Documents

Secondary Data: Public/Official Documents - Strengths and Weaknesses

Secondary Data: Official Statistics

Secondary Data: Different approaches to Official Statistics

Secondary Data: Official Statistics - Strengths and Weaknesses

Secondary Data: Personal Documents

Secondary Data: Personal Documents - Strengths and Weaknesses

Secondary Data: Strengths and Weaknesses Application to a Study

Secondary Data: Historical Documents

Secondary Data: Historical Documents - Strengths and Weaknesses

Secondary Data: Historical Documents - Strengths and Weaknesses Application to 2 Studies

Secondary Data: Media Sources

Secondary Data: Media Sources - Strengths and Weaknesses

Secondary Data: Using Existing Sociological Research - Strengths and Weaknesses

Sampling Methods

Representative Sampling Methods: Simple Random Sampling

Representative Sampling Methods: Simple Random Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Representative Sampling Methods: Stratified Random Sampling

Representative Sampling Methods: Stratified Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Representative Sampling Methods: Systematic Random Sampling

Representative Sampling Methods: Systematic Random Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Representative Sampling Methods: Quota Sampling

Representative Sampling Methods: Quota Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Snowball Sampling

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Snowball Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Volunteer Sampling

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Volunteer Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Purposive Sampling

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Purposive Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Opportunity Sampling

Non-Representative Sampling Methods: Opportunity Sampling - Strengths and Weaknesses

Sampling Methods: Identifying Sampling Methods of Specific Studies

Research Design Overview

Research Design Plan

Research Design: Introduction

Research Design: Operationalisation

Research Design: Justification of the Method

Research Design: Justification for Sampling Method

Research Design: Justification for Access

Research Design: Objectivity and Subjectivity

Research Design: Ethics

Key Terms: A to O

Key Terms: P to S

Key Terms: S to V

Quantitative Research Methods: Questionnaires - The Census

Quantitative Research Methods: Questionnaires - Rees and Lee

Quantitative Research Methods: Questionnaires - BSA Survey

Quantitative Research Methods: Structured Interviews - CSEW

Quantitative Research Methods: Structured Interviews - Townsend

Qualitative Research Methods: Unstructured Interviews - Sharpe

Qualitative Research Methods: Unstructured Interviews -Dobash and Dobash

Qualitative Research Methods: Unstructured Interviews - Hoyle

Qualitative Research Methods: Focus Groups - James

Qualitative Research Methods: Focus Groups - Archer

Qualitative Research Methods: Semi-structured Interviews - Davies

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography - Venkatesh

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography - MacIntyre

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography - Blackman

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography - Fleisher

Qualitative Research Methods: Covert Observation - Humphreys

Qualitative Research Methods: Covert Observation - Ditton

Qualitative Research Methods: Overt Observation - Willis

Qualitative Research Methods: Overt Observation - Mac an Ghaill

Qualitative Research Methods: Non-Participant Observation - Parke and Griffiths

Qualitative Research Methods: Non-Participant Observation - Francis

Qualitative Research Methods: Non-Participant Observation - Lacey

Qualitative Research Methods: Longitudional Research - Born in Bradford

Qualitative Research Methods: Longitudional Research - Farrington

Qualitative Research Methods: Longitudional Research - 7-UP

Qualitative Research Methods: Longitudional Research - Millennium Cohort

Mixed Methods: Barker

Mixed Methods: Archer

Mixed Methods: Jackson

Secondary Data Research Methods: Organisations which create Secondary Data

Secondary Data Research Methods: Personal Documents - Hey

Secondary Data Research Methods: Thomas and Znaniecki

Secondary Data Research Methods: Analysis of Media Reports - McRobbie and Garber

Secondary Data Research Methods: Analysis of Media Reports - Ferguson

Secondary Data Research Methods: Analysis of Media Reports - Boepple and Thompson

Secondary Data Research Methods: Analysis of Media Reports - Davis et al

Secondary Data Research Methods: Historical Documents - Aries

Secondary Data Research Methods: Historical Documents - Laslett

Secondary Data Research Methods: Other Sociological Research - Wilkinson and Pickett

Secondary Data Research Methods: Other Sociological Research - Cohen