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Doing Sociology : Research Methods

Question
CBSEENSO11022857

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

Solution
(a) Validity : It is logically correct, so that one’s reasoning follows logically from one’s own premises.

(b) Unstructured Interview : A type of interview in which open-ended questions are used.

(c) Respondents : People who respond to a survey, either in interviews or in self-administered questionnaires.

(d) Subjectivity : The quality that reflects the private and strange experience of an individual or a person.

(e) Schedule : A printed list of questions addressed to respondents but filled in by the investigator.

(f) Secondary Data : The data already collected by researcher.

(g) Structural Interview : A type of interview that has set questions.