SOCI 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Population Reference Bureau, Social Evolution, Cluster Sampling
6 Dec 2013
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Unobtrusive research: methods of studying social behaviour without affecting it. In this method, we look at ways of drawing on data analysis reported by others, such as government agencies. It differs from secondary analysis in which you obtain a copy of someone else"s data and do your own statistical analysis. Nonetheless, much overlapping and limitations in both of these two methods. the limitations and constraints of available measures and lack of knowledge about how these measures were collected and coded. Lack of ethical approval in both methods. Existing statistics can often provide the historical context within which to locate your original research. For example, sosteric did participant observation study in a nightclub in a small canadian city. In support of his claim that the club"s workers made above average incomes, he reported data from statistics canada on industry averages for full and part-time workers. Existing stats can also provide the main data for a social scientific inquiry.
