Keywords

• Validit, inter

  Extent to which data collected gives a true measurement of society
• Hawthorne Effect


  Where an individual or group know they're being observed so they change their behaviour accordingly
• Representativeness, pos


  How accurate it represents a population
• Reliability, pos


  Extent to which if you repeated the research you would receive the same results
• Operationalisation of a concept


  To have a set key definition of words
• Objective, pos


  Removed bias and opinions from research
• Subjective, inter


  Making a judgement based on your opinion
• Generalisability 


  Extent to which findings of a study can be applicable to other settings
• Verstehen, inter


  Putting yourself in someone else shows, empathy
• Rapport, inter

  Gaining support as a researcher to the subject
• Reality in flight, inter

  You can only make a judgement if you've seen the reality of the situation
• Pilot study


  Test run of experiment
• Triangulation 


  Mixture of methods to increase validity and reliability
• Gatekeeper


  Someone who allows access to material