SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Qualitative Property, Design Issues, Grounded Theory
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First step is to select a topic. Qualitative research = where you begin with a vague or unclear research question and the topic emerges slowly during the study. Qualitative interviews, focus groups, field research, historical comparative research, and content analysis. Quantitative research = begin by narrowing the topic into a focused question as a discrete planning step before they finalize the study design. Use it as a step in the process of developing a testable hypothesis & to guide the study design before they collect any data. Experiments, surveys, content analysis, and existing statistics. Refer to table 5. 1 on pg 83 for the differences b/w the two. Research questions refer to the relationships among a small number of variables. Identify a limited number of variables and specify the relationships among them. Two variables= age at marriage and divorce. There are practical limitations to research: time, costs, access to resources, approval by authorities, ethical concerns and expertise.
