SOC 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 73-104: Institutional Review Board, Thomas Kuhn, Ideal Type
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Friday, september 4, 2015. Descriptive statistics - see trends over time or compare differences. Inferential statistics -small group data used to interpret for the population. Participant/nonparticipant observation - where researcher is involved or not in the setting observed. Participant would be the researcher pretends to be homeless to gather information about that research. Ethnography - observational research, often intensive for long periods of time, that leads to the account of what people do and how they live. Researches live for years with the groups or subcultures being studied. Global ethnography - grounded in various parts of the world and that seeks to understand globalization as it exists in people"s social lives. Using extensive research to learn more about globalization*** 3 interconnected phenomena are central to the global ethnographies. Interviewer acts the same in all interviews, ask the same questions. Netnography - using the internet a research site by sociologist. Pre-structured interviews are used to avoid unanticipated reactions or responses.
