Sociology

Where the views of the researcher affect the research

The relationship between the two social events

One causing the other

Where sociologists study a representative of the population as a whole, then they will be able to make generalizations about the whole society.

A study of testing cause and effect relationships

The process of undertaking research using appropriate sociological methods

The researchers’ values don’t affect their work/Unbiased

Information gained by the sociologist themselves

An approach that looks at the whole of the society when studying it

likes 100% facts and statistics

Information gained from a range of sources,but not statistical

statistical information

Term often used to describe the use of multiple methods

Empathy - german word

Information obtained from sources or using other research

repeatable if the same research can be repeated and produces the same results

data which gives the true picture of the subject being studided

study of a cross section of the population which is genralised about

sociological theories that study the ways in which indviduals see society

The researcher selects a seris of different places and then choses a sample at random within the cluster of people within that area.

A comparison accross countries or culture - sociological version of an experiment

A survey conducted at one time with no attempt to follow up the people surveyed over a long time.

A highly controlled situation where the researcher trys to isolate the influence of each variable.

An experiment takn in an community rather than an controlled environment

A survey carried out over a long amount of years on the same group

A realationship of empathy and trust

Draft/practise run

where a representative sample of the population is chosen using known characteristics of the population.

A representative sample of the population

A list used as the source of a random sample

Where a sample is ganied using a series of personal contact.

where the study of the population is divided according to different stratification eg: gender/ethnicity/social class

A large scale piece of quantiative research aiming to make general statements about a particular population.

where every 10th name is chosen

Where a untypical sample of the population is chosen to show a particular theory.

specific reply

yes/no

Allows respondents to express themselves

Questionnaire replies are given a number or code making it easier for the researcher to construct.

The influence of the interviewer on the way the respondents replies

The process of defining concepts in a way which makes them measurable

Where the questions are given in a particular order,no explaination or elaboration is allowed from the interviewer.

When the interviewer is allowed to explain and elaborate on questions

using the same qusetions open or closed but the researcher can ask the respondedent to elaborate on certain anwsers.

under Cover

The participant knows

Respondents are asked to grade/rate thier anwser of how much they agree with the qusetions.

A group of participants in a experiment,they are being examined and monitored under a controlled group.

A group of participants in a experiment,they are being examined and monitored under a controlled group.

A group of researchers, measuring and recording any changes they observe

A selection from the research of the population

Data which is not random and ha a frame work

The number of participants responding or agree to the interview

The process of undertaking reserch using appropriate sociological methods

MCA is the deconstruction of pieces of media with a tendency towards either qualitative or quantitative reserch methods.

Methods of communication which is shown to a massive amount of people.