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