GGR271H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Transport Canada, Ethnography, Antipositivism
18 Apr 2016
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Geography, urban planning, sociology, all disciplines where engaging with humans. There has been a huge scare because of the advancement in technology, as well as health scares. Could take a sample of students that go here with a wide variety of different usage times and percentages. Could also take a sample of current patients with cancer, and see where the correlation lies. Random people on the street for the population that uses cellphones. Would go to various hospitals within toronto and the gta, to find cancer patients that have a correlation with cell-phone use. May not have the permission to go in and discuss a patient"s terminal illness with them. There may be to much information shared between the interviewer and the interviewee. May not have enough of a sample to conduct research with. People may not be interested in the survey or the research and so you miss out on that potential information.
