Topic 1 Flashcards
What is Primary Data?
Data that you have collected and analysed yourself.
What is Secondary Data
Data that has already been collected for you and you have researched yourself from the internet etc.
Positivists…?
Prefer quantitative data
See Sociology as a science
Like their research to be reliable and representative
Interpretivists…?
Prefer qualitative data
Don’t see Sociology as a science
Value validity
What is Quantitative data?
Numerical data
What is Qualitative Data?
Word based data, such as interviews
What is Validity?
How truthful your data is to society
What is Reliability?
How accurate it is to repeat the research and get the same results again
What is Sampling?
A group of people that are representative of a larger population and are used to draw inferences about a bigger population
What is a Statified Sample?
Dividing a population sample again and again multiple times
What is Quasi-random Sampling?
Choosing every nth item in a specific population. E.g choosing every 4th person.
What are the Ethical Issues?
Informed Consent
Confidentiality and Privacy
Harm to Participants
Vulnerable Groups
Covert Research
What is Representativeness?
Making sure that your group of participants represent the whole of society
What is Objective Data?
Data that is true facts and statistics
What is Subjective Data?
Data that is opinion based
