Assessing the View that Practical Issues are the Most Important Factors in
Deciding Which Research Method to Use
In sociology, sociologists will often have to do research into certain
topics to gain a deeper understanding of them. There are many methods
of research that a researcher could use if they were researching into
society, such as observation, questionnaires, surveys, or interviews.
When choosing between these methods a researcher must consider many
factors, both practical and/or ethical. Sociologists are often
uncertain about which issues, practical or ethical, are the most
important.
Practical issues are possible problems with the experiment concerning
actual, pliable, real things; things that are physical and can easily
disrupt an experiment if not properly take care of. Almost all
sociological experiments have practical issues that must be looked at
and sorted out. They are therefore very important to be considered
when embarking upon an investigation. Some practical issues that must
be considered are:
* Cost - how much money will the experiment cost to the
investigator?
* Time - how much time would be required for this investigation?
* Funding - where will the money needed (if any) come from? For
example, Marxists or interpretivists who produce qualitative data
are less likely to get funding than Functionalists or positivists
with quantitative data.
* Access - will it be possible or easy to gain access to a group
that you may want to study?
* Data - how much data will be obtained and how will you store and
record it?
These give us an example of how much has ...
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..., and theory into consideration before choosing which method to
use in conducting their research. These issues must be considered to
ensure that a research method is the right one used for both the
investigation and the researcher. If they weren't taken into
consideration, then any research done could end up being worthless and
redundant. All of these factors are therefore important but in my
humble opinion, practical issues are most important as they will
actually stop research from happening whereas ethical and theoretical
problems will not; an investigation can be morally wrong and
theoretically unbalanced but without things like money and time it
would not even be an investigation. So, while all the factors
considered are important, I feel that practical issues are most
important in any research method decide upon.
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