1RM Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is a primary data method?
- Where the researcher collects the data themselves e.g. experiments, observation
What is a secondary data method?
- Data that is already available and collected by someone else e.g. official stats
What is quantitative data?
- Data which is reresented in number form or something that can be measured
What is qualitative data?
- Descriptions of people’s feelings about a particular subject or event
What is positivism?
- An approach that models itself on the natural sciences.
- It favours quantitative data
What is interpretivism?
- They prefer to find out the meaning behind action
- They prefer qualitative methods
What is representativeness?
- A study that is carried out on a large sample of the population to ensure the sample is a fair representation of the population studied
What is validity?
- Whether the findings present a true picture or not
What is reliablity?
- Whether the findings can be checked by another researcher
What is the Hawthorne effect?
- Referes to whether stage people who are being studied change their behaviour once they know they’re being studied
Examples of sociological research
The Census
La Suicide, Durkheim
What is informed consent
Participants should be given the right to refuse
Consent should be obtained before the research begins
What is Verstehen
Empathetic understanding of human behaviour
What is deception
This is a problem in covert research where the researcher hides their identity or purpose of research
Examples of practice issues
Time available
Cost of research
Funding available
Examples of ethical issues
Invasion of privacy Confidentiality Informed consent Harm to participants Deception
