Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 16: Ethnography, Antipositivism, Structured Interview
11 Jan 2018
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Chapter 16- combining methods in social science research. Triangulation: a general term that refers to mixed methods research the use of more than one method to answer the research question. Mixed methods: in general, when more than one research method is used to address a research question. Tick boxes when the reality of social life may be much for complicated. Advantages: the only technique that allows causation to be demonstrated. Disadvantages: many of the questions social scientists are interested in cannot be tested using experiments (ex. Advantages: non reactive, data are not altered because they are being studied, possible to use probability sampling techniques, data can be rechecked and reanalyzed to check for accuracy, often inexpensive. Interpretivism: focuses on the investigation of how members of the social world understand and interpret their surroundings and social experiences: interpretivism is most closely linked to qualitative approaches.
