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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
(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.
Some More Questions From Doing Sociology : Research Methods Chapter
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 ?
What is meant by ‘reflexivity’ and why is it important in sociology ?
What are the borsie elements of the survey method ? What is chief advantage of this method ?
What are some of the criteria involved in selecting a representative sample ?
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