Week 1

Question 1

Research gives us

Answer 1

Thoughts/opinions 
Cultutudes 
Attitudes 
Norns
Habits
Scientific facts
Medical information

Question 2

What do w/ research

Answer 2

Have it as an interesting fact
Use it to make decisions
Use it to affect change 
Use it to persuade influence others 
Use to change behaviour 
Use to change better use

Question 3

Define research

Answer 3

a systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions

Question 4

How do we use research

Answer 4

used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, supporttheorems, or develop newtheories

Question 5

Define theory

Answer 5

An explanation of observed regularities or patterns

Question 6

What are the components of a theory

Answer 6

Definitions
Descriptions
Relational statements

Question 7

What are the theories of the middle range?

Answer 7

Limited on scop and can be tested directly w/ empirical research

Question 8

What are grand theories

Answer 8

General/abstract and can’t be tested directly

Question 9

Define definitions

Answer 9

key terms in a theory

Question 10

Define descriptions

Answer 10

outline the characteristics of the phenomena of interest

Question 11

Define relational statements

Answer 11

connects 2 or more variables

Question 12

Describe the deductive method

Answer 12

one begins with a theory or explanation for something, then goes out into the world and tests it

Question 13

What are the steps on the deductive method

Answer 13

Theory*
Hypotheses**
Data collection***
Findings****
Hypothesis confirmed or rejected 
Revision of theory

Question 14

Describe the inductive method

Answer 14

begins by gathering or examining data and then tries to derive a theory or explanation from the data

Question 15

What are the steps on the inductive method

Answer 15

Observation/findings

Theory

Question 16

What does deductive theory mean with the theoretical approach

Answer 16

Seek to use existing theory to shape the approach which you adopt to the qualitative research process and to aspects of data analysis

Question 17

What procedures are associated with the deductive theory

Answer 17

Pattern matching

Explanation Building

Question 18

What does inductive theory mean with the theoretical approach

Answer 18

Seek to build up a theory which is adequately grounded in a number of relevant cases
Referred to as the grounded theory

Question 19

What procedures are associated with the inductive theory

Answer 19

Feild texts
Research text
Working interpretative documents
Public texts

Question 20

Define Positivism Paradigm

Answer 20

Assumes that facts are facts and can be confirmed by the senses (empiricism) – sight, hearing, etc. Ideas must be tested
The purpose of the research is to generate a hypothesis that can be tested
Positivists take a deductive approach to acquiring knowledge.
Positivism relies on scientific statements, not normative statements.

Question 21

Define Interpretive Paradigm

Answer 21

Assumes that people create their own meanings in interaction with the world.
The goal of social science should not be to uncover social laws but to grasp the subjective meanings of people’s actions.
Attempts to understand phenomena by accessing the meaning and value that study participants assigned to them
Sociological knowledge of the social world – intersubjective not objective (value – free)

Question 22

Define objectivist

Answer 22

Social phenomena have a reality independent of our perceptions
Creates bias in research towards formal properties of social groups/interactions
Social reality is fixed