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What are the two sociological research approaches? |
Positivism and Interpretivism |
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What is stage 1 and 2 of the research design? |
Select a topic & review existing study on the topic |
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Positivist research adopts a ___ approach, meaning that interpretists adopt a ___ approach |
macro micro |
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What is stage 3 & 4 in the research design? |
Devise research questions/aims/hypothesis Operationalise concepts (how to measure) |
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Positivism research assumes society can be researched ____, meaning Interpretivism assumes it can be researched ___. What does this mean? |
Objectively, Subjectively Objectively = we can assume what society thinks through the large scale research Subjectively = In order to understand society, we need to interview individuals |
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What is stage 5,6 and 7 in the research design? |
Collect data using suitable methods Analyse and interpret data Present findings |
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What sort of methods would positivists use? |
Experiments, statistics, large group talks, structured interviews, surveys |
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What methods would interpretivists use? |
Unstructured interviews, personal documents, covert studies (undercover) |
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What is verstehen? |
Seeing the world through the eyes of those being studied |
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Which one is quantitative and which qualitative? |
Positivist = quantitative Interpretivism = Qualitative |
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What are the 4 types of data? |
Primary, secondary, quantitative, qualitative |