SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Body Language, Contingency Table, Participant Observation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

People either complete observer or participant. Complete observer: observes with no interaction, completely dethatched. Covert researcher: participant, take part in activities of sample, sometimes take part and don"t even say they are researchers. Participant observation: known to be there, sample take account of the researcher. Major types of sociological research methods: field research/ethnographic methods. The number of interviews: in-depth interview don"t need to be the same questions as you go along, you can make up questions as you go (probe, survey interview. Questions stay the same with each participant. How this worked in the research on nurses" working conditions. Not typically videotaped: capture emotion through audio, body language, difficult people feel squeamish about being recorded. Explanatory: asking about cause and effect. I. e. ) how does age affect the likelihood of suicide: require methods that produce quantitative findings, require use of the term variable , cause and effect question - protest. Does protest (cause) cause a change in policies (effect)