Theory and Methods

3. a relatively neglected research method in sociology
5. a perspective that focuses on class differences
6. the only perspective built on consensus
7. Data gathered by the researcher first hand
9. A type of question that allows the participant to respond freely
10. when the researcher does not make their identity known
12. research methods that produce quantitative data is seen as high in this
13. researchers can potentially develop this during unstructured interviews
14. A trial run- particularly associated with questionnaires
15. We use this term when we can apply the results to a wider society
19. Functionalists refer to this analogy when talking about societies function
20. This must be gained from all participants involved in a study
21. A type of secondary data that is deemed a social construction
23. Data in numerical form

1. Written, expressed data
2. when the researcher does not have a strict set of questions in an interview.
4. a type of sampling method
8. a perspective concerned with gender inequality
11. to see things from another person's perspective
16. A moral set of guidelines sociologists try to adhere to
17. Marxist believe that social institutions are built at the expense of the _?
18. closed ended questions lack this
22. Where each individual has an equal chance of getting picked