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Research Methods (3)

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Decks in this class (20)

Positivism
Who are the positivists 1,
What is a phenomena 2,
What do the positivists believe 3
12  cards
Interpretivism
Who are the interpretivists 1,
What do the interpretivists belie...,
What are verstehen and empathy an...
13  cards
Factors Influencing Choice of Research Topic
What are the social problems 1,
What are the sociological problems 2
2  cards
Issues Revolving Research Methods
What are the interests and values...,
What are current debates in the a...,
How does funding affect the resea...
5  cards
Choice of Research Method
What is primary data 1,
What is secondary data 2,
What are theoretical factors 3
7  cards
Hypothesis
What is a hypothesis 1,
How does a researcher use a hypot...
2  cards
Operationalisation
What is operationalisation 1
1  cards
The Sampling Process
Random sampling techniques 1,
Random sampling techniques 2,
What is the research target popul...
9  cards
Detecting Bias
What is a pilot study 1,
What are respondent validations a...
2  cards
Questionnaires
What are questionnaires 1,
What are closed questionnaires 2,
What are open questionnaires 3
7  cards
Structured Interviews (Positivists)
What are interviews 1,
What are structured interviews 2,
Strengths of structured interviews 3
4  cards
Unstructured Interviews (Interpretivists)
What are unstructured interviews 1,
Why do interpretivists use unstru...,
Strengths of unstructured intervi...
4  cards
Group Interviews
What are group interviews 1
1  cards
Focus Group Interviews
What are focus group interviews 1,
Weaknesses of focus group intervi...,
Strengths of focus group intervie...
3  cards
Semi-Structured Interviews (Positivist and Interpretivists)
What are semi structured intervie...,
Strengths of semi structured inte...,
Weaknesses of semi structured int...
3  cards
Secondary Data (Positivists)
What is secondary data 1,
What are official statistics 2,
What are unofficial statistics 3
5  cards
Media Products (Positivists)
What are media products 1,
How are media products used 2,
Strengths of media products 3
4  cards
Ethnography (Interpretivists)
What is ethnography 1
1  cards
Observation (Interpretivists)
What is observation 1,
What is non participant observati...,
What is participant observation 3
5  cards
Mixed Methods
What is triangulation 1,
What is methodological pluralism 2,
What are case studies 3
3  cards

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