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research

the search of information to analyse & evaluate it

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quantitative data

numerical data

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qualitative data

descriptive data

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positivism

the scientific study of social patterns and of the ways in which society influences the behaviour of individuals

augustus combe

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hawthorne effect

a change in a subjects behaviour because they know they're being observed

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correlation

two variables change together but no confirmed relationship

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cause & effect

one variable causes the other

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controlled conditions

factors kept constant within an experiment

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primary data

information collected from the researcher through research

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secondary data

data previously collected by someone other than the researcher

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interpretivism

a research perspective in which understanding and interpretation of the social world is derived from one's personal intuition and perspective

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longitudinal studies

research that follows and retests the same people over time

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macro-sociology

study of society as a whole

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micro-sociology

study of individuals within society

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structuralism

society shapes individuals

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social action

individuals create society as they act and interact in socially meaningful ways

max weber

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phenomenology

the study of how things seem to the conscious person

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symbolic interactionism

a micro-level theory in which

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ethnomethodology

the study of how people use background assumptions to make sense out of life

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