The reaserch process Flashcards
What is an aim?
An overview of a study identifying what sociologist is hoping to achieve in a study
What is a hypothesis?
A prediction, possible evidence that’s tested by collecting data to be proven true or false
What is operationalising?
Ensuring concept is converted into something that’s measurable
What is sampling procedures?
When sociologists plan to do reaserch they have to decide which people they are going to contact
What are respondents?
People contacted
Total and target population?
People’s intrested in e.g. All pupils at NDHS
What is a sampling frame?
Sampling frame is a list of people selecting from sample
What are sampling techniques?
Different techniques used by reaserxhed
What’s random sampling?
Representative way where participants are collected at random
What’s non random sampling?
Finding respondents yoursled
What’s a pilot study?
One in which the study is on a much smaller scale
It’s like a test run so ultimately it evaluates the duration cost, advertising evaluative and improve upon design and before the study’s complete
What’s purposive sampling?
Respondents seek as a good example for reasercher
Non random
Not looking for large scale
Non numerocal
What type of sociologists like random sampling?
Positivists
What types of sociologists like non random sampling?
Interprativists
Random sampling methods?
Random
Systematic
Quota
What is random sampling?
Picking someone by chance out of a hat of wheel
Representative of target population but can be time consuming
What is systematic sampling?
Used nth term and decide theirs going to use 10th or 100th nth term
Willmott and young chose every 36th name
What is stratisfied sampling?
Dividing populations into subgroups then taking percentage form each category and choose at random
Non random sampling?
Opportunity
Self selected
Snow ball
Quota
What is opportunity?
Anyone that is their at the time of reaserch
Passers in street etc
What is self selected?
Participants volunteers to be apart of reasefh
What is snowball sampling?
Friends referring friends
+ get to interview people that may be difficult to find
- May be bias p’s are usually friends with p’s of common interest
What is quota sampling?
Divide population into subgroups and interview the percentage but they choose who’s chosen out of subgroups
