SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New Zealand National Rugby Union Team, Siq, Syphilis
12 Dec 2016
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Self administered questionnaires (participant does it themselves: if too lengthy that leads to interviews: interviews. Participant observation (researcher interested in social group and gains access to observe- real world understanding), ethnography (additional data- newsletter, discussion group something added to field notes) Secondary data analysis: researcher analyses data that someone else collected (statistics, census) Documentary analysis - any type of document (contemporary or old) Historical sociology could be archival records. Secondary: you aren"t the primary person collecting the data. Research methods are all better for different types of research questions . How couples manage finances: survey impact of television violence on aggression: experimental (although there is a question of validity) The sexual history of an individual: survey/self-administered questionnaires (anonymous and confidentiality when it comes to something sensitive) Household structure in canada through the 20th c: secondary. Quantitative: availability of numerical data: social phenomena captured nicely by stats, ex. Qualitative: focus on process (how, why); giving voice to participants: ex.
