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| Contents include: Positivist, Realist, Interpretivist and Feminist forms of science, reliability and validity. | Contents include: Questionnaires, Content Analysis, Experiments (laboratory and field). | ||
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Methods File Size: 47k / 31k Format: Teaching Notes |
| Contents include: Ethnography, Interviews, Observation (participant / non-participant), subjectivity. | Contents include: Introduction to types of secondary methods; the evaluation of secondary sources; overview of official statistics; historical and personal documents. | ||
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Experiments File Size: 635k / 111k Format: Teaching Notes / activities |
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Observation File Size: 47k / 35k Format: Teaching Notes |
| Contents include: Ethical, practical and methodological reasons for the infrequent use of experimentation in sociological research; The concepts of experimental control, dependent and independent variables; Causality and correlation; The problems involved in the conduct and use of sociological experiments. | Contents include: The concept of empathy and how it relates to Participant Observation as a method of data collection; problems of Participant Observation in context; the concept of an "observer effect". | ||
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Research Methods Format: Flash Flipbook |
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Overt Participant
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| Contents include: Primary and secondary methods, qualitative and quantitative data. This is an (experimental) online Flash-based flipbook - basically, it's a section, taken from the AS Sociology for AQA (2nd edition) textbook, in an online magazine format (i.e. the pages can be flipped like a book or magazine). It's a step-up from a simple pdf display or Flashpaper format and if it proves popular I might decide to take it further and put more material online in this format... |
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Leader for a Day" study as a base for the outline and evaluation of key
methodological concepts. These include: ▪ Access ▪ Recording Data ▪ Validity ▪ Depth and Detail ▪ Going Native ▪ Observer Effect |
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Have you ever wondered why it is that your teacher seems to know so much about
Sociological Research Methods? A lot of people think it's because they spent a
few years at University studying stuff, followed by a lifetime devoted to
reading scientific journals and things. Well, that's what "They" would like you to think, isn't it? The reality is somewhat different - they just bought this textbook and it told them everything they needed to know about the AQA AS Sociological Research Skills Module. Next time you're in their class take a Sneek-Peek (TM) in their desk draw - I bet you a pound-to-a-penny this little sucker will in there, open at the page following the stuff you're now doing. Teachers, eh? Disclaimer: Nothing in the above should necessarily be taken to represent anything remotely close to the truth (apart from the bit about Module coverage. Obviously). |
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