Data Flashcards
(12 cards)
What are 4 practical factors?
time & cost
requirements of funding bodies
subject matter
research opportunities
What are 5 ethical factors?
informed consent
confidentially and privacy
harm to participants
vulnerable groups
covert: deception
what are the 4 theorical factors?
Validity
reliability
representativness
methodological perspective
What do positivists prefer?
They prefer quantitative data as they take a macro approach to society, they believe there is a measurable, objective social reality and that social facts can be studied scientifically.
What do interpretivists prefer?
They prefer qualitative data as they take a micro approach to society, they believe there is no objective social reality and that social actors give subjective meanings to events, for example, humans have free will.
What’s 2 examples of primary sources with quantitative data?
closed questionnaires
structured interviews
What are two examples of primary sources with qualitative data?
Participants observation
unstructured interviews
What is a secondary sources of data that us quantitative data?
Official statistics
What are two secondary sources that use qualitative data?
letters
newspaper articles
Outline three reasons why sociologists may choose to use research methods that produce quantitative data
larger representative samples
higher in reliability
more objective
outline three ethical issues that sociologists using primary quantitative methods would have to consider when conducting their research.
informed consent
issues of depcetion
preserving confidentiality
outline two reasons why interpretivism prefers to use qualitative methods of their research.
greater validity
allows sociologists to let their values inform their research.
