1.1. • Social facts have an objective reality • Primacy of method • Variables can be identified and relationships measured • Etic (outside's point of view)
2. Researcher Role
2.1. • Detachment and impartiality • Objective portrayal
4.1. • Begins with hypotheses and theories • Manipulation and control • Uses formal instruments • Experimentation • Deductive • Component analysis • Seeks consensus, the norm • Reduces data to numerical indices • Abstract language in write-up
6.1. • Reality is socially constructed • Primacy of subject matter • Variables are complex, interwoven, and difficult to measure • Emic (insider's point of view)
7. Aproach
7.1. • Ends with hypotheses and grounded theory • Emergence and portrayal • Researcher as instrument • Naturalistic • Inductive • Searches for patterns • Seeks pluralism, complexity • Makes minor use of numerical indices • Descriptive write-up
8. Researcher Role
8.1. • Personal involvement and partiality • Empathic understanding
