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METHODS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESARCH
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QUANTITATIVE METHODS
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Sampling Probability sampling
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What to measure? Knowledge Attitudes Possible activity
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Steps to create questionnaire Defining aim and objectives Defining theoretical approach List of future variables List of possible analytical procedures Work with existing questionnaires Defining …
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Questions Open Last book you have read? Semistuctured What is you nationality? Ukrainian Russian Other_______________ Structured Mark your attitude towards political party X on the scale Where 1 is …
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How to formulate questions? Whether everyone would be able to understand question and answer? Whether everyone would be able to understand question same way? Whether everyone would be willing to …
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Length of the questionnaire Price Time Number of non-response Quality of answers
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Field work We can not change questions during the fieldwork Big number of non-responses Possible unpleasant experience
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Qualitative research
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Definition Qualitative research is an interpretative approach concerned with understanding the meanings which people attach to phenomena (actions, decisions, beliefs, values etc. ) within their …
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Important features Aims are directed at providing in-depth and interpreted understanding of the social world of research participants Importance of participants’ frames of reference Volume and …
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In-depth interview: definition Form of conversation with a purpose (~1,5-2 hours). Provides an opportunity for detailed investigation of people’s personal perspectives, for in-depth understanding of …
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In-depth interview: types Structured – scenario of an interview is based on a detailed list of content mapping questions (-) researcher is imposing his/her understanding of social phenomena on …
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In-depth interview: types Semistructured – scenario of an interview is based on broadly defined thematic lines, no specific questions are defined (“childhood”, “education”, “work”, “family”) (-) more …
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In-depth interview: types Unstructured – 3 stages. I stage – no questions with an exception of an opening one (Tell me the story of our life…) II stage – only narrative questions are allowed (You …
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In-depth interview: types (-) difficult to compare big number of interviews (-) even more difficult to conduct for unskilled interviewers (+) allows a lot of flexibility, gives more “voice” to …
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Focus group discussion
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Focus group discussion: definition FGD – involves several (6-10) participants brought together to discuss the research topic as a group. Provides an opportunity for direct and explicit discussion of …
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Participant observation Participant observation – researcher joins the constituent study population or its organizational or community setting to record actions, interactions and events that occur. …
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Observation Observation – offers opportunity to record and analyze behavior and interactions as they occur, although not as a member of the study population. Autoethnography - “ ‘figural …
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Textual analysis: types Conversational analysis involves a detailed examination of “talk interactions” to determine how conversation is constructed and enacted. The aim is to investigate social …
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Textual analysis: types Discourse analysis is “concerned with texts as social practices”. It alerts us to the intimate connections between meaning, power and knowledge (Potter & Wetherell, 1987).
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Textual analysis: types Content analysis “claims to offer an “objective”, “systematic” and “quantitative” analysis of documentary content” (Ball, 1992). It allows to examine the major elements or …
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Content-analysis However, content analysis does not allow the possibility for a researcher to uncover variability in the construction of different texts, to compare it and to assess the functions …
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Sampling Qualitative research uses non-probability sampling, where units are deliberately selected to reflect particular features of or groups within the sampled population.
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