Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the strengths and limitations of using participant observation methods to investigate gang culture. Item A: Venkatesh was a student at the University of Chicago in 1989 when he became interested in the housing projects surrounding the university where 27‚000 people lived. He approached a group of Black youths hanging around a stairwell in one of the project buildings but instead of answering his carefully prepared questions he found himself held
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Research Methods There are two categories of research methods: qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative data collection usually involves numbers‚ graphs and charts‚ whereas‚ qualitative data collection methods deals with feelings and other non-quantifiable elements. The most popular qualitative methods of data collection and analysis in business studies are interviews‚ focus groups‚ observation‚ case studies‚ games and role playing etc. Popular quantitative methods of data collection and analysis
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Survey Methods ________________________________________ The survey is a non-experimental‚ descriptive research method. Surveys can be useful when a researcher wants to collect data on phenomena that cannot be directly observed (such as opinions on library services). Surveys are used extensively in library and information science to assess attitudes and characteristics of a wide range of subjects‚ from the quality of user-system interfaces to library user reading habits. In a survey‚ researchers sample
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high-definition televisions. Other than first hand information‚ television provides us entertainment and knowledge. There are sitcoms‚ documentary‚ drama‚ sports‚ movie‚ etc. Nonetheless‚ is it good or not? This time‚ let us talk about the advantages and disadvantages of watching television. Like some people‚ I love watching television when I have spare time. In 21st century‚ watching television has been becoming a popular activity other than sports‚ or playing video games. Nevertheless‚ did you notice
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with the Socs group seems real they never seem real with each other. They seem to have no feeling with each other. b) What might Pony say he dislikes about being a greaser? How he has to travel places with someone or else he is at a risk of getting jumped. Also how he when lying to a friend in his gang/group it is like
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NVQ and Competence - Essay In this supporting paper to the presentation‚ the purpose‚ the nature and the advantages and disadvantages of NVQ will be stated and analysed; finishing with a conclusion as to whether to follow a NVQ or not. The definition of an NVQ is “A statement of competence clearly relevant to work and intended to facilitate entry into‚ or progression in‚ employment and further learning‚ issued to an individual by a recognized awarding body”. A national vocational qualification
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communities are the ones taking over the middle class property and making them relocated and making them find something they can afford. Although gentrification its does not always have to be a bad thing everything always have its advantages and disadvantages and people can take advantage of it if they have the money they need. Who wouldn’t want to see less crimes‚ cleaner cities‚ fancy buildings but it has a price to it. The people end up having to leave their homes where they have live their whole
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A Extended family ‚ a big family that may include grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ and cousins‚ they live together within the same household .However‚ it may also refer to a family unit in which several generations live together within a single household. In Australia‚this type of family is seldom‚most children leave their parents when they have the ability of living independent‚ largely past 18.they get together during some festivals or ceremony like Christmas or wedding ceremony’ But for Chinese
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Descriptive Research Methods (Ch. 12) Case Studies: Detailed analysis of a single (or limited number) of people or events. Case studies are usually interesting because of the unusualness of the case (Three Faces of Eve‚ Mind of a Mnemonist) and/or the detail and apparent insightfulness of the conclusions drawn by the writer (e.g.‚ Freud’s cases such as ‘Little Hans’). The major problem with case studies is the problem of objectivity. The person who is presenting the case usually has some theoretical
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Delphi method∗ Abstract The Delphi method was originally developed in the 50s by the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica‚ California. This approach consists of a survey conducted in two or more rounds and provides the participants in the second round with the results of the first so that they can alter the original assessments if they want to - or stick to their previous opinion. Nobody ‘looses face’ because the survey is done anonymously using a questionnaire (the first Delphis were panels)
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