Introduction To Sociological Research Methods

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What is field research? When is it the best choice? What is the goal of field research and how should researchers approach it? How do participant and nonparticipant observation differ from one another?

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What types of research did Ehrenreich and Marquart carry out their respective studies of minimum wage work and prisoner control?

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What are the stages of field research?

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What concerns do field researchers need to consider that quantitative researchers do not necessarily have to consider?

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What are the arguments for and against covert research?

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What is the goal of in-depth interviews? What is the role of the interviewer in in-depth interviews? What are the key distinctions between in-depth interviewing and survey research?

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What is grounded theory? What is probing?

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What sampling method is typically used for in-depth interviews? What techniques do researchers use to gather this kind of data?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of in-depth interviews?

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How were in-depth interviews utilized by Milkie and Schalet?

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What is unobtrusive measurement? What products do researchers do content analysis on?

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What sampling issues are involved in content analysis? What is coding? What is manifest / latent content?

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What is inter-rater reliability?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of content analysis?

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How do the readings demonstrate content analysis?

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How does historical and archival data analysis differ from content analysis and secondary data analysis?

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What serves as data in historical research?

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What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?

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What does it mean to talk about the authenticity of your sources?

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What data did Gieryn and Armstrong use respectively to form their arguments?

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What does the term secondary data analysis refer to? What types of available data are there? How do you go about finding secondary data sources?

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What is nonreactive measurement? What is triangulation?

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What are some reasons researchers like to use secondary data analysis?

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How might secondary data analysis be limiting?

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Give examples of the strengths and limitations of secondary data analysis using the Loftus and Dotzler readings.

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What is feminist methodology? How did it come about? What are the goals, as outlined by DeVault and discussed in class?

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What is the difference between feminist research and feminist methodology?

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How do feminist researchers attempt to include diversity in their work?

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Be able to discuss the issue of the position of the researcher, involvement of subjects in research, and involvement of the reader in feminist work.

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How does the Rosier and Corsaro reading reflect a feminist perspective?

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