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Doing Sociology : Research Methods
Write in short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Ideal Type
(ii) Latent Functions
(iii) Integration
(iv) Ideographic
(v) Functionalism
(ii) Latent Functions : Functions, which are hidden and remain unacknowledged by participants,
(iii) Integration : The extent to which an individual experience a sense of belonging to a social group by virtue of sharing its norms, values, beliefs, etc.
(iv) Ideographic : Study of unique and unrepeatable events (e.g. History).
(v) Functionalism : It is a doctrine, which asserts that the principal task of sociology and social anthropology is to examine the contribution, which social items make to the social and cultural life of human collectivities.
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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 ?
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