CRIM 321 Study Guide - Final Guide: Acronym, Jargon, Microanalysis
9 Sep 2016
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Reflexivity: strive to be as neutral or objective as possible, reflect on role and the influence of own beliefs and behaviors, reflect on potential bias (literature review, beliefs) Interpretivism: natural science methods not appropriate for social science investigation because social world is not governed by regularities w/ law-like properties. So a researcher has to explore and understand social world through the participants and their own perspectives. Explanations can only be offered at the level of meaning rather than cause: qualitative research is largely associated with interpretivism. Sometimes qualitative research is best method to address a research question; if subject area is: Using qualitative and quantitative together: each offer a different way of knowing about the world, the results do not replicate each other, but provide a more nuanced picture of complex social phenomena. Comparison: sample are designed to allow for comparison between cases, groups, outcomes, issues that emerge from the data; value is in understanding rather than measuring difference.
