CRIM 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Observational Error, Longitudinal Study
11 Jul 2016
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Data based on effects of human activity and behavior; leave behind evidence of that behaviors, sth missing, sth present. Wealthy and powerful who seem to have the advantage. All the facts of history are not equally accessible to us. Archival sources: any info that is contained in hard copy" or digital records or documents, may be a type of accretion measure: doc referred to are indeed product of human, advantages accrue from studying archival materials: An inspection of historical evidence encourages us to think in terms of social process. Allows longitudinal analysis to be done now: the already exist and may cover an extensive time span. Archival sources exist, they are a concrete artifact. Can go back to a given doc/ archive again and again to subject it to greater/ different scrutiny: unlike oral history. Less influenced by reactivity than interactive techniques: unobtrusive: archival sources are subject to the vagaries of selective deposit and selective survival.
