CCJS 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Florian Znaniecki, Content Analysis, Hashish

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 300
• Professor: Alan Lehman

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Chapter 8: unobtrusive measures, secondary analysis, and the uses of official. Statistics: unobtrusive measures nonreactive methods of gathering data, that is, means of obtaining information in which subjects are not aware of being studied. Eliminates reactivity or stooge effects (artificial behaviors: major types of unobtrusive methods. Physical trace analysis the study of deposits, accretion of matter, and other indirect substances produced by previous human interaction. >>ex: federal agents sifting through joe bonanno"s trash. >>ex: case of the hatching chick exhibit how often the floor tiles were replaced indicated which sections of the museum were most popular. >> secondary analysis the reanalysis of data that were previously gathered for other purposes. Primary records such as letters, diaries, and memoirs may provide insight into events or research issues long after they have occurred. >>the use of personal documents in social research was pioneered by thomas and znaniecki in their classic sociological work the polish peasant in europe and america.