Chapter 9
(Content Analysis)
(Content Analysis)
Methods of studying social behaviour without affecting it.
What is "Nonreactive" research?
The census aimed to record conditions and events from which specific day?
What is "January 13th, 1861"?
What is: "Own, Control, Access and Possess"?
What data did Dixon and Quirke analyze in their research?
What are sociology research methods textbooks?
1861 census numbers show population estimates were skewed in which direction?
What is: "Exaggerated/inflated numbers"?
This type of coding looks at the explicit content of the text, such as counting specific words, phrases, etc..
What effect did the older, established Catholic parishes have on census data collection in Quebec?
What is: "it made it more organized/yielded better quality data?"
"ID-GOV" is an acronym for this term.
What is "Indigenous Data Governance"?
Created in 1998, this document is still being revised. it includes guidelines for called Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.
What is the Tri-Council Policy Statement?
This body appointed census commissioners for each county in "Canada East" (Quebec) and "Canada West" (Ontario).
What is the "Board of Registration and Statistics"?
These are concrete objects or expressions of abstract culture. When researchers interpret them they can provide insights into a society or culture.
What are "artifacts"?
What does the pattern of collecting census data weeks or months late, with multiple layers of "corrections" or re-interpretation create?
What is "invalid" or inaccurate data?
This global movement affirms the inherent right of Indigenous peoples to control how information about them is managed, accessed, and preserved.
What is "IDSOV or Indigenous data sovereignty"?
Dixon and Quirke found a disproportionate focus on this type of harm.
What is "physical"?
These authors note a particular focus on demographic histories addressing Indigenous population change and decline.
Who are "Andersen & Kukutai"?
When coding data, this document instructs a code about how to code the data: it provides a complete listing of all categories for each item to be coded.
What is a coding manual?
Variations in enumerator training, paper supplies or inclement weather may result in this type of data?
What is "unreliable" data?
These principles, aligned with OCAP, are an important part of larger project of ID-Sov.
This is when researcher can identify a given person’s responses but promises not to do so publicly.
What is "confidentiality"?
The process of applying findings from basic research to their application in real-world settings.
What is "translational research"?
The automated discovery of patterns in large databases, rooted in computer science and statistics.
What is Data Mining?
Male heads of households or enumerators changing or downplaying women's occupations degrades census data in this way.
What is "threatens the validity of the data"?
Emphasis on this creates tension for Indigenous Peoples who assert greater control over the use of their data and knowledge for collective benefit.
What is "data sharing"?
The discrepancy between textbook content and academic research, according to Dixon and Quirke.
What is "two sociologies"?
Blackstock says: qualitative and quantitative research methods are equally appropriate for use with Indigenous people, but quantitative data are more __________ to Western policy makers.
What is "persuasive"?