SOC 103 Lecture : SOC 103 Ch.2 - Sociological Investigation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Terry Roswell

Document Summary

Guiding principle is objectivity, personal neutrality, facts should not be coloured by the biases of the researcher. Study of society that focuses on the meanings people attach to their social world. Study of society that focuses on the need for change. View all research as biased, either calls for change or doesn t. Qualitative research, is the close examination of characteristics that cannot be counted or measured. Quantitative research, is the close examination of social elements that can be counted of measured, used to generate statistics. Ethnography, a research method in which groups are studied through fieldwork. Participant observation, becoming a member of a group to experience the group first hand. Informants, insiders who help the researcher interpret info and behaviour and assist the research in becoming accepted by the group. Institutional ethnography, recognizes that every institution has two sides to it and therefore two separate sets of data;