sociology end of years

research

the search of information to analyse & evaluate it

quantitative data

numerical data

qualitative data

descriptive data

positivism

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

augustus combe

hawthorne effect

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

correlation

two variables change together but no confirmed relationship

cause & effect

one variable causes the other

controlled conditions

factors kept constant within an experiment

primary data

information collected from the researcher through research

secondary data

data previously collected by someone other than the researcher

interpretivism

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

longitudinal studies

research that follows and retests the same people over time

macro-sociology

study of society as a whole

micro-sociology

study of individuals within society

structuralism

society shapes individuals

social action

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

max weber

phenomenology

the study of how things seem to the conscious person

symbolic interactionism

a micro-level theory in which

ethnomethodology

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