personal docs

• Definition 


  personal docs include letter, diaries, photos and albums
• what does docs include

  • qualitive
  • not representitive
  • gain verstehn
  • valid
  • not generalisable
  • favour by interpretivist
• practicle strengths

  • cheap
  • easy to find
  • good response rate
  • matter including cages
• practicle limits

  • need special skils
  • opportunity
• how can practicle limits be overcome

  • pick someone with skill and opport
• ethical strengths

  • build a rapport
  • no deception
  • informed consent
  • saftey
• ethical limits

  • no confidentiality
  • no privacy
  • no anonymity
  • children cannot give consent
• how can ethical limits be overcome

  • make sure some participants have giveb consent and anyonymity
• theoretical strengths

  • no hawthorne effect
  • interpretivist
  • qualitive data
  • valid
  • gain vetstehn
• theoretical limits

  positivist

  • not reliable
  • not representitive
  • not generalisable
• how can theoretical limits be overcome

  • make sure docs are authentic and reliable
• Thomas and znancleis 


  used personal documents for the polish peasent in eurpore and america study
• Gilborn


  used personal docs in his study of racism and schools he studied