SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnography

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: silva

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The steps in the research process that include careful data collection, exact measurement, accurate analysis, and thoughtful interpretation. 8 steps: choose a topic, define the problem, summarize research (narrow the focus, formulate a hypothesis, describe the data collection methods, collect data, analyze and explain results, publish findings, choose a topic. Example: opportunities for more earning power are related of the level of education achieved: define the problem. Education: level of educational attainment based on degree or certification. Earnings: income (specifically wages) obtained from the occupation performed. received: summarize research (narrow the focus) Look at what research has already been done on this topic (look at academic journals, etc. ) A hypothesis is a testable statement about the relationship of two or more variables. Variables characteristics that can change in value or magnitude under different conditions (attitudes, behaviors, traits, etc. ) (anything you van measure!) An independent variable is a characteristic that determines or has an effect on the.