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Doing Sociology : Research Methods

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William Foote Whyte was a sociologist of :
USA
UK
France
Russia

Solution

A.

USA

Some More Questions From Doing Sociology : Research Methods Chapter

State the limitations of historical method.

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 ?

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