SOAN 2120 Chapter 6: SOAN 2120 - Chapter 6 Notes
12 Feb 2016
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The most widely used collection data technique used in sociology. Based on the positivist approach and the people who get asked are the respondents. A limitation: what a person says and what hate data says may differ. They measure many variables, test many hypotheses, and infer temporal order from questions about past behaviour, experiences or characteristics. It is then measured with statistical techniques. It if often called correlational because they use questions as control variables to approx the rigorous test for causality that experiementers achieve with physical control over temporal order and alternative explanations. Steps in conducting a survey - figure 6. 1 on page 137. Interview schedule: set of questions read to the respondent by the interviewer who. Three principles are effective: keep it clear, simple and the respondents perspective in mind. Look for questions that give the researcher reliable and valid measures. It will help the respondents feel that their answers are meaningful and that they actually understand.
