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Sociology - Theory and methods

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Suicide
Durkheim,
Atkinson,
Douglas
3  cards
Sociology and science
Durkheim,
Kuhn,
Popper
12  cards
Sociology and values
Durkheim,
Marx,
Philo and miller
6  cards
Postmdernism
Lyotard,
Strinati,
Baudrillard
3  cards
Positivism and Interpretivism
What do positivists seek from res...,
What do interpretivists seek from...,
What do interpretivists believe i...
7  cards
Observation
Give an example of a covert obser...,
What are the practical ethical an...,
What are the practical limitation...
12  cards
Interviews
Give an example of an unstructure...,
What are the practical strengths ...,
What are the theoretical strength...
13  cards
Documents
Give some examples of personal do...,
What are the practical ethical an...,
What are the practical ethical an...
8  cards
Official statistics
Give some examples of official st...,
What are the practical strengths ...,
What are the theoretical strength...
6  cards
Questionnaires
Give an example of a questionnair...,
What is a social survey,
What is a questionnaire
7  cards
Experiments
What is a laboratory experiment,
What is a field experiment,
What strengths do laboratory expe...
10  cards
The Comparative method
What is the comparative method,
Who used the comparative method a...,
What are the practical strengths ...
5  cards
Longitudinal studies
Give an example of a longitudinal...,
What are the practical ethical an...,
What are the practical ethical an...
3  cards
Making a study
What is a hypothesis,
What does operationalising concep...,
What is a pilot study
6  cards

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