SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Internal Validity, Syphilis, Harm Principle
18 Jan 2018
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The analysis of data that has already been collected by others. Sources of archival data: government, universities, formal organization. The systematic study of documents to identify themes and make inferences based on these themes. Speakman (2017) constructing an hiv-killer: hiv non-disclosure and the. Content analysis of: legal documents, newspaper articles, on-line discussions. Strengths: inexpensive, less time consuming, socio-historical analyses: weaknesses: level of control over quality of information, dif culty creating a. Reliable and valid study, inconsistent or missing information in archives. Experiments: high level of control, they are composed of 2 characteristics: Participants must be assigned randomly: lab experiment. Can control the physical space: field experiment. Strengths: high level of internal validity (more control over studies), more researcher control: weaknesses: limits to what can be studied, ethical concerns, costly, subject. Ethics approval is required for any research involving human subjects. The nuremberg trials and the tuskegee syphilis experiment.
