SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Control Variable, Participant Observation
16 Oct 2018
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Objectivity (bias-free)- personal biases and values of the people doing research must never influence the data or results reported: 2. The use of similar subjects and measuring procedures under similar conditions should produce similar results: 3. Precision of measurement- the phenomenon being studied should be measured in precise, valid and reliable ways. Descriptive- describes social reality or provide facts about the social world: 2. Explanatory- attempts to explain why things do or do not happen? (why are full-time employed women get paid less on the average in comparison to men?: 3. Does the law that requires a minimum legal drinking age of 21 years reduce drunk driving?) : studying immigrant families in east baton rouge parish: quantitative: collecting data based on numbers or amounts. (translates the social world into numbers that can be studied mathematically, e. g. : studying crime rates, the rang: e of household income.
