SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Informed Consent, Laud Humphreys, Ethnocentrism
1 Dec 2016
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Secondary data analysis ( documentary analysis", historical sociology", use of official statistics") Biker gangs- participant observation, ask for access to study them. How couples manage their family finances- surveys, interview the husbands and wives. Impact of television violence on aggression- experiments/surveys/observatory studies. The sexual history of an individual- surveys (self-administered questionnaire) Household structure in canada through the 20th century- secondary data analysis. Quantitative vs. qualitative research (sociologists love quantitative research) Qual: focuses on process (how, why); giving voice to participants. Cs: data taken at one point in time. L: study done at more than one point in time. Artificial environments where people might not feel as comfortable. Hawthorne effect people will behave differently if they know they are being watched. Not applicable to all things that sociologists want to study. Replicating a positivist approach to research -subject rather than participant. People they are studying have no knowledge or expertise. You are there to just observe and study.
