SOAN 2120 Lecture : SOAN 2120 Jan 25

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: Scott Schau

Document Summary

Causation in social research (cause and effect) y scieintifc explanations rest on the idea that events and conditions have causes y a language of variables. Dependent variable (effect) is explained by the presence of the independent variable (cause) In social sciences, a cause is not necessarily followed by an effect y y causation models in social science are often probaliistic. Variables y variables are concepts which share a special relationship within our theories. Independent variable y explaining variable (cause) y the exogenous variable y has impact upon another variable y the variable that is depended on y represented by x. Dependent variable y the explained variable (effect) y the endogenous variable y y depends on another variable y represented by y. Attributes y attributes: describe the intensity, magnitude nature of a variable y the values that a variable takes y how it is measured y a variable must have at least two attributes.