research methods

positivism

they think that intuitions make up how we behave and they look at the patterns and trends of data

there main objective is to make this true to the whole of society

open an closed questionnaires and official statics

they belavie that sociology is a science

intervtivism

they like the feelings and emotions off people seeing how society and how and why people do certain things

they look at subjective views and and the ethnography and using observation data.

ARIES AND CHILDHOOSD - SECONDARY DATA
he used pictures to try and how show ow people and children in the middle ages didn't have a childhood, however this is unreliable because he only used pictures and they cant communicate this feeling and what they are doing
he argued that they had no childhood

questionnaires

practical - no response, time consuming, can be costly

ethical - unreliable, invalid, gate keeper, vulnerable groups

open - they can give border answer's with emotion and description if needed
closed - can only pick a few answers and is usually a multiple choses question

THEORTICAL
positivism - closed questionnaires because they get straight data and statists and is an easy data range
intevertism - prefer open questions because they can get more detail

key study using questionnaires

consnesu - a big letter sent out to about 32-58 thoughsnd houses where they gain more data to help find out demagraopjhic work.

Ann Oakley - women and how much they work in a day

interviews

structured interviews - they have set questions cant ask further questions
unstructed interviews - they can ask any types off person questions can take any length of time
focus group interview - they ask the same questions on on topic
semi structed interviews - they have some form off structure

valid - true
reliable - can be represented else where

practical - time consuming, struggle to get accused of people who are doing it, struggle to get access to people who want to do it and it can be quite expensive to train staff but can also be cheap if they are already trained (postivtivr or negative)

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