Introduction - Investigating the Social World Quantitative Research - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Introduction - Investigating the Social World Quantitative Research - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Introduction Docsity.com Quantitative Research Qualitative Research -Meaningfully expressed by numbers -Provides counts and measures -Positivist orientation -Meanings, concepts, and definitions -Quality assessed through words, images, and description -Interpretivist or critical orientation Schools of Thought Docsity.com Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2010 The Deductive (Quantitative) Process – Ideas and theory come before empirical research – Ideas lead to refutation through research The Inductive (Qualitative) Process o Research leads to theory development o Research initiates, reformulates, deflects and clarifies theory Ideas and Theory Docsity.com Other Distinctions: Quantitative vs. Qualitative • objective versus subjective • nomothetic versus idiographic • etic versus emic perspective Docsity.com Measurement in Qualitative Research Empirical Observations Working Ideas Concepts Generalizations/Theories Docsity.com Norman Denzin (1970) on Triangulation 1. Data triangulation, which entails gathering data through several sampling strategies, so that slices of data at different times and social situations, as well as on a variety of people, are gathered. 2. Investigator triangulation, which refers to the use of more than one researcher in the field to gather and interpret data. 3. Theoretical triangulation, which refers to the use of more than one theoretical position in interpreting data. 4. Methodological triangulation, which refers to the use of more than one method for gathering data. Docsity.com Symbolic Interactionism (Berg) • Human behavior depends on learning • Human interactions form the central source of data • Participants’ perspectives form theory • Definitions of situation (W.I. Thomas) • Max Weber – Verstehen – Ideal types Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2010 Docsity.com Questions…. • What is your impression of qualitative research? • What might you be describing in qualitative research? • How can we know what is really going on in a certain context? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2010 Docsity.com