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“The theoretical perspective that your hypothesis reflects also suggests the methods of gathering information”
(Holloway, G. 2003)
Symbolic Interview data/personal observation data – view Interview – to ask individuals to explain
Interactionism real behaviour (including behaviour people not their behaviour as it makes sense to
aware of, unable to explain) them
Developmental Questionnaires/interviews to gather life histories Content Analysis for historical research
Theories from many people Sample group should: be of various
Experiments determine cause/effect relationships ages, repeated later to determine
whether patterns apply to different
generations and reliable for predicting
behaviour
Conflict Theories Argue that objective methods that only describe Therefore, they gather data using only
behaviour further supports social inequalities qualitative methods and content
analysis to determine behaviour –
analysis designed to point out
inequities
To Sum it Up – Research Methods associated with Theoretical Perspective
“The theoretical perspective that your hypothesis reflects also suggests the methods of gathering information”
(Holloway, G. 2003)