Sociology - 0495 CIE

How Do Sociologists Investigate Society? Continued

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Once a study is planned and a sample chosen, the sociologist faces the practical question: how do I actually gather the data? Do I post out a questionnaire, sit down for a long conversation, watch from the corner of a room, or even join in myself, possibly without telling anyone who I am? Each method gathers a different kind of truth, and each carries its own risks, from people lying on a form to a researcher being changed by the group they joined.

This lesson teaches the main methods and how to weigh them: surveys and questionnaires, the four kinds of interview, the four kinds of observation, and experiments. It then shows how a researcher actually chooses, using the practical, ethical and theoretical factors, and it takes ethics seriously: informed consent, privacy, honesty and the duty to do no harm. These are the judgements that turn a method into responsible research.

Ebumnobi

  1. Surveys.
  2. Questionnaires.
  3. Interviews (structured, semi-structured, unstructured, group).
  4. Observations (participant, non-participant, covert, overt).
  5. Strengths and limitations of each method.
  6. Open.
  7. Closed.
  8. Multiple choice.
  9. Scaled.
  10. Researcher perspective (positivist/interpretivist).
  11. Access to sample.
  12. Response rate.
  13. Funding/cost.
  14. Time.
  15. Informed consent.
  16. Privacy/confidentiality.
  17. Deception.
  18. Prevention of harm.
  19. Legality.

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

This is where the whole research-methods unit pays off. Almost every high-mark method question asks you to evaluate a method or to explain why a researcher chose one, and that always comes down to weighing strengths against limitations and linking the choice to practical, ethical and theoretical factors. Ethics, in particular, runs through the modern syllabus: examiners want students who can spot when research crosses a line. Master the methods and the factors that shape their use, and you can answer almost anything this unit throws at you.

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Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na How Do Sociologists Investigate Society? Continued. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  1. A question that lets respondents answer in their own words is called: A. a closed question B. an open question C. a scaled question D. a multiple-choice question Answer: B
  2. An interview that follows a fixed list of questions in a set order is a: A. structured interview B. unstructured interview C. group interview D. semi-structured interview Answer: A
  3. When a researcher joins in a group's activities while studying it, this is called: A. non-participant observation B. participant observation C. a laboratory experiment D. a structured interview Answer: B
  4. Research carried out without the knowledge of those being studied is described as: A. overt B. covert C. longitudinal D. stratified Answer: B
  5. Ensuring people agree to take part knowing what the research involves is called: A. informed consent B. operationalisation C. triangulation D. confidentiality Answer: A

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