Positivism - Scientific way to research , Pattern - set conclusions from research , Trend - something that goes up or down or stays the same , Objectivity - research free from bias, Value freedom - being able to leave/analyse your own bias in order to create research free from bias, Quantitative data - Data in numbers , Interpretivism - Non scientific way of researching , Verstehen - putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and gaining empathy , Rapport - relationship between subject and researcher, Subjectivity - research not free from bias, Researcher imposition - when your ideas influence the findings, Reflexivity - being able to reflect on findings usually through a diary , Qualitative data - data in words and feelings , Validity  - how true to life research is, Reliability  - the ability to conduct research again and get similar results, Represetativeness - How much the research represents the group or target population , Generalisability  - general statements you can make about the research , Aim - General idea you set out to find in your research , Hypothesis - Pre set research idea to prove or disprove, Primary data - conducted first hand, Secondary data - already been conducted by somebody else, Operationalisation - breaking concepts or words down to make them measurable, Pilot study - trial run, Social policy - ideas which shape all aspects of society and inform how it runs , Sample - people in the research , Random sample - equal chance of being selected , systematic sample - every nth number, Stratified sample - Dividing a random sample by characteristics such as age or gender, Snowball sample - starts off small often one and gets larger, Volunteer sample - Advertising for people to take part,

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