Concepts Flashcards
1
Q
Qualitative Meaning
A
gives a feel for what something is like. Documents, observation.
2
Q
Quantitative Meaning
A
information in a numerical form. Experiments, Statistics.
3
Q
Positivist Meaning
A
Like factual scientific knowledge
4
Q
Interpretivist
A
The detail, like ‘why’
5
Q
Primary Data
A
Information collected by sociologists themselves.
6
Q
Secondary data
A
Information collected by someone else, which others can use.
7
Q
Ethical
A
whether something is morally right or wrong
8
Q
Theoretical
A
are you positivist or interpretivist
9
Q
Triangulation
A
using more than one type of method
10
Q
rapport
A
good relationship
