SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sampling Frame, Operationalization, Contingency Table
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A (bc) d (ef) g (hi) j (kl) m. Reality is not just a thing that is out there objectively, our experience helps us realize what is out there or what is not out there. Perception shapes what is seen and what is not seen. Science is a human experience that involves perception. Science is never purely objective but some subjective elements can help. Research ethics: respect your subjects" right to safety, respect your subjects" right to informed consent, respect your subjects" right to privacy. 16:14: respect your subjects" right to confidentiality, do not falsify data, do not plagiarize. They must avoid influencing their subjects" behaviour (reactivity or the hawthorne effect) Must participant-observations studies begin as exploratory research in which the researcher uses hunches as hypotheses (unverified but testable statement derived from theories) Researcher (mitch duneier) became a book vendor for a couple of years. Variables are concepts that can take more than one value.
