SOCA02H3 Chapter 2: chapter 2
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Eye twitch y some researchers do ethnographic research to observe and interpret data correctly. By participating in the lives of their subjects, researchers are able to see the world from their subjects point of view. Klockars wanted to understand how criminals can knowingly hurt people and live with the guilt. reliability: is the degree to which a measurement procedure yields consistent results. validity: is the degree tow which a measure actually measures what it is intended to measure. All valid measures are reliable, however, not all reliable measures are valid. Validity increases if there is an external way of checking the response vs. internal. generalizability: exists when research findings apply beyond the specific case examined. causality: involves the analysis of causes and their effects. Information on how widely or narrowly a research finding applies can help us establish the causes of a social phenomenon.
