Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sample People, Content Analysis, Secondary Source
3 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Something that is measurable (value changes from case to case) Independent variables- the variable that explains or causes the change in the dependent variables (x variable) Dependent variable- is the variable that is changing and explain why it is changing (y variable) Increases in education may cause increase in accessing work which will increase income. Social status: in society it could be measured through income, value of people"s homes (assets), education, how much debt you have. How we measure these variables is pertenant to research (maybe people under report or over report their status) Ask people what are important are to them. Or specific questions to find average answers. Undertaken in local media and everyday culture in the us and canada. One question could be an entire research basis for a sociologist as they want more information on that topic rather than just at one point in someone"s life. Qualitative research vs. quantitative research: (scientific methods) a. quantitative.
