May 18, 2018
Practical, ethical and theoretical (PET) issues
Practical:
Time and money.
Requirement of funding bodies.
Researcher skill.
Access to participants.
Trust/rapport.
Ethical:
Informed consent.
Confidentiality and privacy.
Effects on the participant.
Vulnerable groups.
Deception.
Theoretical:
Validity - The truthfulness of the data.
Verstehen - In depth data.
Reliability - Standardised methods that can be replicated to achieve the same results.
Representativeness.
Objectivity - Fact.
Subjectivity - Opinion.
Generalisability.
Microsociology - Face-to-face interactions.
Macrosociology - Large scale data collection.
