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The Positivist
criticisms of
Interpretivist
research
- The research will be part of the study therefor there is a
possibility that their presence may become obtrusive
and influence the behaviour that is being researched.
- Research in unsystematic and unstructured as it
focuses on naturally occurring behaviour. Positivist
criticise the fact that Interpretivist often make no
attempts to control possible influential indecent
variables or causes.
- A rapport is built up between the researcher
and there research group. However it is not
reliable as it can not be replicated, if another
sociologist did the same research and had
similar social characteristics they would still
build a qualitativley different relationship with
the group. Consequently the data would be
different.
- The qualitative data may be biased as it is a
result of the researchers subjective and
selective interpretation (the researcher has
experienced thousands of social interactions
but only a few have been selected to be
analysed). The data therefore is
unrepresentative, and may have only been
selected as it supports the researchers point if
view.
- It isn't possible to judge from the ethnographic research
whether the social context or the people studied are in any way
typical or representative.
- Ethnography is criticised as a methodological approach as
it involves a narrow view on the study group. The research
fails to asses the impact of struck influences such as social
class or patriarchy on the behaviour of the group being
studied
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