Research methods - primary and secondary research
- Created by: becky_abington
- Created on: 04-11-19 17:02
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- Research methods
- Primary research
- Surveys
- Participant Observation
- Experiments
- Questionnaire
- Structured interviews
- Unstructured interviews
- Secondary research
- Official statistics
- For
- health
- divorce
- unemployment
- crime
- Collected by
- Churches
- Charities
- Businesses
- Organisations
- For
- Documents
- letters
- diaries
- photos
- reports
- novels
- newspapers
- Official statistics
- Choosing research methods
- Practical considerations
- Time and money
- Source of finance/ funding
- personal skills and characteristics
- Subject matter
- Research opportunity
- Ethical considerations
- Informed consent
- confidentiality
- effects and impact on participants
- Vulnerable groups
- Covert research
- Theoretical considerations
- Validity
- Reliability
- Representativeness
- methodological perspective
- Positivists = quantitative
- Interpretivists = qualitative
- Practical considerations
- Positivism
- Macro sociology
- Quantitative
- Trends, patterns, statistics
- Objective
- Top down
- Structural
- Value free
- Interpretivism
- Micro sociology
- Qualitative
- Meanings and causes for individuals
- Subjective
- Bottom up
- Social action
- Value relevant
- Primary research
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