Research Methods - Sociology year 2

information collected by sociologists themselves for their own purposes is called__________, these purposes may be to obtain a first hand 'picture' of a group or society, or to test a hypothesis.

Secondary data is infromation that has been collected or created by ____________

• someone else for their own purposes

• the sociologists themselves

• experiments

• social surveys

An example of Quantitative data using secondary data is?

• questionnaires

• structured interviews

• official statistics

• letters

An example of Qualitative data using Primary sources?

• Participant observation

• Official statistics

• Questonnaries

• Newspapers articles

Two practical issues that influence choice of methods?

• time and Money

• research opportunity

• informed consent

• harm to research participants

Ethical issues that can influence choice of methods?

• requirements of funding bodies.

• harm to research participants

• covert research

• validity

An example of theoretical issues that influence choice of research method.

• Reliability

• cost and time

• informed consent

• covert research

what type of factor does subject matter fall into?

• practical issues

• ethical issues

• theoretical issues

Laboratory experiments are typically used by which sciences?

• Natural sciences

• social sciences

• political sciences

• supernatural sciences

A practical problem with laboratory experiment.

• cannot be used to study small scale samples.

• allows for participants to leave and go as they please.

• its impossible to identify and control all the possible variables.

• can study chemicals