SCMA*2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Malcolm Gladwell, Advocacy Group, Crossover Study
Week 3: Archival
Uses of Available Data
-Replaces/supplements first hand (obs., int., experiments)
-Low cost
-Second hand information
-Re-analysis of data collected by others
-Use of data not produced for research purposes
Kinds of Data
1. Public Documents / Official Records
2. Private Documents
3. Mass Media
4. Textbooks
5. Literature
6. Graffiti
7. Physical (non-verbal) Material
Data Types
Public Documents / Official Records
-Border stops –e-data / forms: Citizenship, Residency (visitor - overstay, returning -
taxes)
-Parish Records
-Organization Minutes
-Court Records
-Parliamentary Minutes (House, Cabinet, Committees)
-Aggregate Data (no names/personal identifiers)
-Confidentiality period established in Statute of Limitations
Private Documents
-Less accessible ex. diaries, letters, business records, personal records, college
transcripts, hospital patient records
-Ethics and Confidentiality; Information holders may be happy to have purposeful
analysis of activities, trends and frame (big picture), Aggregate data or condition
of confidentiality
Mass Media
-Newspapers, Radio, Television, Magazines, Films, Internet (blogs, newsgroups)
-Biases exposed, imagery, commonality ex. women portrayed as subordinate and
dependent
-Factual errors
-Corrections non-existent or minimalized
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Document Summary
Use of data not produced for research purposes. Kinds of data: public documents / official records, private documents, mass media, textbooks, literature, graffiti, physical (non-verbal) material. Border stops e-data / forms: citizenship, residency (visitor - overstay, returning - taxes) Confidentiality period established in statute of limitations. Less accessible ex. diaries, letters, business records, personal records, college transcripts, hospital patient records. Ethics and confidentiality; information holders may be happy to have purposeful analysis of activities, trends and frame (big picture), aggregate data or condition of confidentiality. Newspapers, radio, television, magazines, films, internet (blogs, newsgroups) Biases exposed, imagery, commonality ex. women portrayed as subordinate and dependent. Current texts should have more representation of existing social issues ex. Contribution of women to the social experience & social change more recognized & included. Us issues transplanted to canada by textbook availability. Washroom walls - content; mere presence ex. Usefulness of available sources: exposure to the otherwise unavailable past, exposure to social change, cross-cultural.
