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Doing Sociology : Research Methods
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Which scholars study the world in whcih they themselves? :

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The Social Scientist.

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Some More Questions From Doing Sociology : Research Methods Chapter

Discuss how the historical method can be explained through Karl Marx’s description of class conflict.

Write the short the meaning of the following terms/words :

(a) Validity

(b) Structured Interview

(c) Respondents

(d) Subjectivity

(e) Schedule

(f) Secondary Data

(g) Structural Interview

What is meant of the following terms/words :

(a) Case Study

(b) Close - Ended Questions

(c) Coding

(d) Rapport

(e) Reliability

(f) Community Study

(g) Concept

(h) Control Group

(i) Questionnaire

Write the short the meaning of the following terms/words :

(a) Non-Participant Observation

(b) Methodology

(c) Field Study

(d) Interview Bias

(e) Generalization

(f) Interview

(g) Independent Variable

(h) Selection

Write in brief the meaning of the followings :

(i) Participant Observation

(ii) Open-ended Questions

(iii) Corporative Analysis

(iv) Dependent Variable

(v) Observation

(vi) Documents

(vii) Experimental Group

What should be done to know the nature of society ? Why is it difficult to know it ?

Distinguish between a response and a datum.

The observation is possible in the following four ways :

(i) Participant Observation

(ii) Participant as Observer

(iii) Observer as participant, and

(iv) Observer as Observer

Why is the questions of a scientific method particularly important in sociology ?

How do sociologists try to deal with these difficulties and strive for objectivity ?