CHAPTER 12 Material based methods

Question 1

four reasons that sociologist turn to collections of records or materials

Answer 1

1. macro-social phenomena
2. the answers to some questions do not exist in living memory
3. material based methods sometimes capture genuine behavoire more accurately than individuals accounts of events; societal blindspots, social disirability bias, memory lapses, impression management.
4. the materials facilitate studies otherwise difficult or impossible to carry out.

Question 2

materials used in material based methods

Answer 2

• expert analyses: books or articles(peer reviewd)
• reports: by government organisations or trustworthy organisations. reports are syntheses of information as part of a review process.
• records: documents that memorailize events or characteristics at a particular moment in time. geboorte akte, tempratuurmetingen, verdragen
• news media: kranten, nieuws,
• cultural artifacts: paintings, novels, songs, tv shows
• individual account events: first person accounts = primary evidence of what a person experienced gleand from interviews, diaries or similar sources.
• physical materials: reviews on waterquality
• maps: representations of the whole or part of space or area. GIS
• data sets: Include materials that have been converted to quantitative data and perserved in filed suitable for analysis with statistical software (survey responses)
• big data: data sets with milions of pieces of information, typically created through individual interactionswith technology

Question 3

primary information

Answer 3

firts handed information
Primaire bron van info = komt direct van de respondent (dagboek geboorte akte)

Question 4

secundary information

Answer 4

info that has been gathered, reported and sometimes altered bij another
Secundaire bron van info = via iemand anders (denk aan de krant )