uses of sociology

by L Ajlik

1. qualitative research

2. qualitative interviewing

2.1. ethnography

2.1.1. documentary and visual material

3. detachment /involvement

3.1. explanation/understanding

3.1.1. facts / values

4. positivist

4.1. subject object problem

4.1.1. difficulty achieving experimental closure

4.1.1.1. ecological validity

4.2. adapting experimental method

4.2.1. cosntructing measures

4.2.1.1. establish relationships between variables via statistics

5. quantitative research

5.1. surveys/ statistics

5.2. primary/secondary data

6. interpretivist