Topic One (research Methods)

Question 1

What is Primary data?

Answer 1

The data collected by you. (From the first hand)

Question 2

What is secondary data?

Answer 2

The data is already there. Made by someone else. ( from second hands)

Question 3

Positivists

Answer 3

See sociology as a science.
Use quantitative data.
Likes experiments.
Like their research to be reliable and representative.

Question 4

Interpretivists

Answer 4

Prefer qualitative data.
Not scientific.
Like interviews.
Their value validity.

Question 5

Quantitative data

Answer 5

Numerical data (statistics etc)

Question 6

Qualitative data

Answer 6

Descriptive data ( more objective questions)

Question 7

Validity

Answer 7

How truthful your data to society

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

How easy is it to repeat the research and get the same results.

Question 9

Sampling

Answer 9

Group of people that you studying.

Question 10

Stratified sample

Answer 10

The division of a population into smaller sub-groups.

Question 11

Random sample

Answer 11

Everyone has equal chance to be selected.

Question 12

Quasi-random sample

Answer 12

Every nth person is selected.

Question 13

Quota sample

Answer 13

Involving individuals that represent a population( people have characteristics that you need)

Question 14

Snowball sample

Answer 14

When participants tell to friend, the friend to his friend.

Question 15

Opportunity sample

Answer 15

Available person can be selected.