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Sociology - Research Methods

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By: Emma Davis
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Decks in this class (13)

Types of Data
Primary sources,
Strengths of primary sources,
Weaknesses of primary sources
16  cards
Factors affecting choice of topic
Personal reasons,
Availability of data,
Funding policy issues
5  cards
Practical, Ethical and Theoretical Factors
Practical factors,
Ethical factors,
Theoretical factors
7  cards
Observations
Overt observation,
Strengths of overt observations,
Weaknesses of overt observations
14  cards
Experiments
What is a hypothesis,
What is the iv,
What is the dv
13  cards
Case and Pilot studies
What is a case study,
Example of case study,
Strenghts of case studies
6  cards
Sampling
What is the sampling frame,
Random sampling,
Advantage and disadvantage of ran...
19  cards
Questionnaires
What are social surveys,
Key stages in social survey quest...,
Examples of questionnaire based r...
5  cards
Interviews
Group interviews focus groups,
Evaluation of group interviews,
Structured interviewes
11  cards
Secondary Sources - Documents
What are public documents,
What are personal documents,
Reasons for using secondary data
7  cards
Secondary Sources - Media Content Analysis
Quantitative content analysis,
Example of research using content...,
Qualitative content analysis
5  cards
Secondary Sources - Official Statistics
What are official statistics,
Example of research using officia...,
Strengths of use of statistics
4  cards
Research Methods Studies
Longitudinal research parker,
Positivist approach to research d...,
Interpretivist approach to resear...
15  cards

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