CH12 Material-Based Methods Flashcards
a tendency of individuals to romanticize the past or to presume that certain things are true, even when the facts contradict them
societal blind spots
firsthand evidence in its original, unaltered form
It can include researchers’ direct observations and original first-person accounts
primary information
indirect evidence of something; the researchers learn of through at least one other person
secondary information
research methods that examine change over time to answer questions about how and why social processes unfold in particular ways
Materials Based Methods
historical research methods
testing hypotheses through the systematic review of materials that have been converted into a quantitative data set
Materials Based Methods
quantitative content analysis
the process of translating written or visual material into standardized categories - in qualitative data analysis, this involves tagging or labeling segments of data as an example of or related to a theoretical idea, wider theme, or concept
coding
a document that lists all the possible categories and outlines specific rules for how to apply those categories to the material
coding scheme
