SY101 Chapter Notes -Pelvic Examination, Participant Observation, Research
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Macro level broad matters as the military, race relations, and multinational corporations. Micro level individualistic matters as pelvic examination, how people interact on street corners, and how people decorate their homes at christmas. Common sense and the need for sociological research. Common sense ideas may or may not be true. For accurate answers, we need sociological research. Surveys, participant observation, qualitative interviews, secondary analysis, documents, and unobtrusive measures. The best representative sample is a random sample: everyone in the population has the same chance of being included in the study. The researcher participates in a research setting and observes and records what is happening in that setting. Problem: generalizability the ability to apply findings to larger population. Researchers analyze data that have already been collected by others. Observing the behaviour of people who do not know they are being studied. The purpose of the research the questions that the sociologist wishes to answer. Resources or sources of funding are crucial.
