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Research Methodologies
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Made up of people, groups, networks, institutions, organisations and systems.
What is society?
100
The capacity to influence others to a point of view or action to which they would not normally agree.
What is power?
100
This can be used to collect information from a large or diverse range of people. It has simple, easy to follow questions that are designed to inform your knowledge of a topic.
What is a questionnaire?
200
Refers to the knowledge, ways of thinking, feeling and behaving that give each society its coherence and its distinctive way of life.
What is Culture?
200
A term to describe the socially constructed differences between men and women.
What is gender?
200
This research methodology relies upon open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and participant observation. The results require interpretation.
What is qualitative research?
300
To possess the skills to simply recognise and accept differences without making value judgments
What is social literacy?
300
A social group characterized by (usually) common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction.
What is family?
300
A small group brought together by the researcher for an indepth discussion of a specific issue or topic. The researcher plans an interview schedule and organises the time and place. A tape recorder is essential for the success of the use of this methodology.
What is a focus group?
400
A socially created aspect of social life.
What is a social construct?
400
A process of integration and the sharing of goods, capital, services, knowledge, leisure, sport, ideas and culture between countries.
What is globalisation?
400
the researcher collects and collates existing information on a topic.
What is secondary research?
500
The preconceived view of the characteristics of a group held by individuals who are not members of that group?
What is a stereotype?
500
The middle ground where individuals interact within groups such as schools, communities, church groups and neighborhoods.
What is Meso-level society?
500
includes the principles of honesty, objectivity, integrity, carefulness, confidentiality and respect.
What is research ethics?
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