Secondary Data Research Methods: Thomas and Znaniecki Flashcards
What did Thomas and Znaniecki study?
How immigrants became integrated into American society and how much family connection remained
What 2 types of documents did their study use?
Personal and public documents
How many pages of their findings were made by the researchers?
2200 pages
How did the researchers get these documents from immigrants?
They offered a cash incentive
What was an issue with the cash incentive?
It was not always enough for people to give their personal documents away
Name 2 things which appeared in letters
Crime, Alcoholism
What was a problem with some letters in terms of who had written them? Why?
Some letters had not been written by the sender as they might have got someone else who was able to write them
How many letters did the researchers obtain?
764
Why is the data valid?
Because they are natural accounts of the participants’ lives
Why is the data potentially not valid?
Because if some people had got others to write their letter, they may have written the letters in a different way to the person’s intentions
