Examples: content analysis, analyzing existing statistics, historical/comparative analysis.
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Unobtrusive measures — A research method in social sciences. The term unobtrusive measures was first coined by Webb, Campbell, Schwartz, Sechrest in a 1966 book titled Unobtrusive methods: Nonreactive research in the social science . They described methodologies which… … Wikipedia
unobtrusive measures — Techniques for collecting data without the knowledge of respondents. Two types the covert and the indirect may be identified. The former include, for example, covert participant observation , undisclosed notetaking, or use of one way mirrors. The … Dictionary of sociology
Social research — refers to research conducted by social scientists (primarily within sociology and social psychology), but also within other disciplines such as social policy, human geography, political science, social anthropology and education. Sociologists and … Wikipedia
Ethical research in social science — Ethical research becomes extremely important when dealing with human subjects. Research is the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information (data) in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are concerned … Wikipedia
Organizational identification — Contents 1 Definitions of Identification and Organizational Identification 2 Why is Organizational Identification Important? 3 Differences and Similarities between OI and Affective Organizational Commitment … Wikipedia
Triangulation (Sozialwissenschaften) — Triangulation ist eine Forschungsstrategie in der empirischen Sozialforschung, bei der verschiedene Methoden oder Sichtweisen auf das gleiche Phänomen angewendet werden oder verschiedenartige Daten zur Erforschung eines Phänomens herangezogen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GNUCITIZEN — Infobox computer underground group name = GNUCITIZEN Cutting edge Think tank caption = GNUCITIZEN Ethical Hacker Outfit origin = London country = United Kingdom status = active years active = 2005 ndash;NOW category = hacker think tank founders … Wikipedia
Source criticism — This entry is about source evaluation (or information evaluation) in an interdisciplinary context and thus not limited to some discipline specific understanding of the term source criticism . A source (an information source) may be a document, a… … Wikipedia
Naturalistic observation — is a research tool in which a subject is observed in its natural habitat without any manipulation by the observer.[1][2] During naturalistic observation researchers take great care to avoid interfering with the behavior they are observing by… … Wikipedia
Ethnography — Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Linguistic anthropology Social anthropology … Wikipedia
