Working in groups of 3 or 4, choose two of the following topics: Poverty Unemployment Divorce Crime For each of your chosen topics, decide on four possible methods you might use to investigate that topic. You should include one method from each of the following categories: a quantitative primary method a quantitative secondary source a qualitative … [Read more...]
Choosing a Research Method : Answers to QuickCheck Questions
(a) Quantitative data: information in a numerical form. Qualitative data: gives a feel for what something is like. (b) Primary data: collected by sociologists themselves for their own purposes. Secondary data: collected or created by someone else for their own purposes, but which the sociologist can use. (a) Questionnaires; structured interviews. (b) Letters; diaries. Conducting … [Read more...]