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Ellis, Rachel – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
Numerous articles and textbooks advise qualitative researchers on accessing "hard-to-reach" or "hidden" populations. In this article, I compare two studies that I conducted with justice-involved women in the United States: a yearlong ethnography inside a state women's prison and an interview study with formerly incarcerated…
Descriptors: Population Groups, Barriers, Institutionalized Persons, Females
Welzel, Christian; Brunkert, Lennart; Kruse, Stefan; Inglehart, Ronald F. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
Scholars study representative international surveys to understand cross-cultural differences in mentality patterns, which are measured via complex multi-item constructs. Methodologists in this field insist with increasing vigor that detecting "non-invariance" in how a construct's items associate with each other in different national…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Social Science Research, Factor Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Small, Mario L.; Cook, Jenna M. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
This article examines an important and thorny problem in interview research: How to assess whether what people say motivated their actions actually did so? We ask three questions: What specific challenges are at play? How have researchers addressed them? And how should those strategies be evaluated? We argue that such research faces at least five…
Descriptors: Interviews, Qualitative Research, Barriers, Deception
Rodríguez Menés, Jorge; Rovira, Marti – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Correspondence studies are popular tools for assessing discrimination against minorities, for example, in the labor market. Typically, two fake "Curriculum Vitae" (CVs) are sent to multiple job openings. The CVs are equivalent except for a mark identifying the disadvantaged. While it is straightforward to establish discrimination from…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Minority Groups, Job Applicants, Research Methodology
Gonzalez-Ocantos, Ezequiel; LaPorte, Jody – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Scholars who conduct process tracing often face the problem of missing data. The inability to document key steps in their causal chains makes it difficult to validate theoretical models. In this article, we conceptualize "missingness" as it relates to process tracing, describe different scenarios in which it is pervasive, and present…
Descriptors: Data, Research Problems, Qualitative Research, Causal Models
Nassauer, Anne; Legewie, Nicolas M. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Since the early 2000s, the proliferation of cameras, whether in mobile phones or CCTV, led to a sharp increase in visual recordings of human behavior. This vast pool of data enables new approaches to analyzing situational dynamics. Application is both qualitative and quantitative and ranges widely in fields such as sociology, psychology,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Video Technology, Research Methodology, Research Tools
Saylor, Ryan – Sociological Methods & Research, 2020
Advice on case selection in small-"N" research emphasizes controlling for confounding variables to facilitate inferential tests of a cross-case pattern. Yet many researchers embrace the "mechanismic worldview" and aim to construct explanations. Explanations differ from inferences because one explains an outcome at the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Selection, Inferences, Qualitative Research
Baumgartner, Michael; Thiem, Alrik – Sociological Methods & Research, 2020
To date, hundreds of researchers have employed the method of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) for the purpose of causal inference. In a recent series of simulation studies, however, several authors have questioned the correctness of QCA in this connection. Some prominent representatives of the method have replied in turn that simulations…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Inferences, Evaluation Criteria
Heimer, Carol A. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
This article examines the practices of ethnographers carrying out research in and, especially, on organizations. Ethnographers studying organizations, like other ethnographers, emphasize close observation and understanding the meaning of actions, words, and artifacts; they differ from other fieldworkers, though, in focusing on the organization…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Organizations (Groups), Interpersonal Relationship, Research Problems
Fine, Gary Alan – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
Much contemporary ethnography hopes to engage with a community to justify social critique. Whether from problem selection, interpersonal rewards, or a desire for exchange, researchers often take the "side" of informants. Such an approach, linked to "public ethnography," marginalizes a once-traditional approach to fieldwork,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Epistemology, Local Issues, Research Methodology