LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                         SO 1807 – QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

Date & Time : 25-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

PART – A

Write a short note on the following within 30 words each:           (10×2=20Marks)

 

1. Participant Observation.
2. Coding in content analysis
3. Life History method
4. Natural Accretion measures
5. Controlled Erosion measures
6. Objectivity and Subjectivity
7. Operationalization.
8. Dependent and Independent Variables
9. Scheduled Interview
10. Ideographic explanation

 

PART – B

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                   (5×8=40 Marks)

11. Explain the types of observer roles in participant observation.
12. What is content analysis? State the features of content analysis.
13. Analyze the assumptions of the Life History method and mention the types.
14. Explain Inductions and Deduction.
15. Pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of field research
16. Briefly discuss the concepts of validity and reliability.
17. Elucidate the errors, which might creep into reasoning.

 

PART – C

Answer any TWO of the following in about 1200 words each:    (2×20=40 Marks)

 

18. Describe the steps involved in content analysis.
19. Write a critical essay on the data of life history method.
20. Discuss the relation between theory and research.
21. Provide guidelines for conducting interview as a tool of data collection.

 

 

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         SO 1807 – QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

Date & Time : 04-11-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part-A

Answer ALL the following :                                                                        (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

1.What are the assumptions of Life History Method?

2.Enumerate the factors that create problems of validity in Participant observation?

3.Define “Content analysis”.

4.Distinguish ideographic method from nomothetic method of study. Who formulated

these methods?

5.In your opinion, are sociological findings objective?

6.What is the essential difference between inductive method and deductive method?

7.Indicate a few important sources of error that may affect the research findings.

8. Explain the significance of Research Design.

9.Indicate the main link between fact and theory.

10.Define “operationalisation” with an example.

 

Part-B

Answer any FIVE of the following :                                               (5 x8=40 marks)

 

11.Evaluate the strength and weakness of Physical Traces Method of study.

12.What are the various types of content analysis?

13.What are the prerequisites for a successful interview?

14.What are the advantages and limitations of data collection through interview

technique?

15.Explain the process of constructing a theory with the example of Merton’s Anomie

Theory.

16.Delineate briefly the unobtrusive method of research.

17.K.Bailey states: “The relationship between validity and reliability is asymmetrical,

as validity means reliability but not vice versa”. Comment on this statement.

 

Part-C

Answer any TWO of the following :                                               (2×20=40 marks)

 

18.Explain the interplay between research and theory.

19.Sketch out the research process and highlight the significance of each step in social

science researches.

20.Critically evaluate the various sources for Life History Method of research.

21.Discuss the types of observer roles and steps in Participant Observation.

 

 

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