Theory and Methods

2. to see things from another person's perspective
8. a perspective that focuses on class differences
9. researchers can potentially develop this during unstructured interviews
11. This must be gained from all participants involved in a study
12. Where each individual has an equal chance of getting picked
13. Data gathered by the researcher first hand
14. research methods that produce quantitative data is seen as high in this
16. a type of sampling method
17. We use this term when we can apply the results to a wider society
19. A type of secondary data that is deemed a social construction
21. A moral set of guidelines sociologists try to adhere to
22. when the researcher does not have a strict set of questions in an interview.

1. a perspective concerned with gender inequality
3. the only perspective built on consensus
4. Data in numerical form
5. closed ended questions lack this
6. Marxist believe that social institutions are built at the expense of the _?
7. a relatively neglected research method in sociology
10. Written, expressed data
11. when the researcher does not make their identity known
15. A type of question that allows the participant to respond freely
18. Functionalists refer to this analogy when talking about societies function
20. A trial run- particularly associated with questionnaires