SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Karl Popper, Historical Sociology, Longitudinal Study
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Meaningful action activities that are meaningful to the people involved. Observatory studies (participant observation, ethnography (studying a social group, also collects other types of data such as online websites that they manage) Secondary data analysis analyzing of existing data: documentary analysis, historical sociology (archives, use of official statistics use of open-ended, closed questions. How couples manage their family finances surveys sub-culture cooperation difficulty not much existing documentation confidentiality anonymity. More likely to answer on paper than in person. Impact of tv violence on children aggression experiment, observatory studies. Sexual history of an individual surveys anonymity confidentiality. Century secondary data analysis access to information over a long period of time. Quantitative availability of numerical data social phenomenon captured nicely by stats ie. academic outcome of children of divorced parents. Qualitative focus on process (how, why) giving voice to participants (no longer referred to as subjects by researchers ie. experience of children of divorced parents.
