SOCI 1F90 Study Guide - Final Guide: United States Public Health Service, Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg
9 Apr 2016
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Research is gathering information systematically, and analyzing it. Qualitative and quantitative research exist within the field of sociology: qualitative research is associated with inductive reasoning (develop theory from research, quantitative research is associated with deduction (testing theory through research) Code of morality governing research involving human participants. Study of environmental activists who break the law ethically. What should you do: you promise that only you would have access to the data (everything is under lock and key). They don"t want illegal activity to be revealed: attorney general of canada shows up at your door, asking to see the information you have on them. On on hand you could go to jail, on the other hand, you break your ethical relationship with the participants of your study. As humans, we care about going to sleep at night with a clear conscious, knowing that we have treated people ethically and properly. There is no guarantee to a ethically correct study.
