PSCI 2701 Lecture Notes - World Development Indicators, Csa (Database Company), Milgram Experiment
7 Jul 2014
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Psci2701b class 5 oct 8 2013. Move from the very abstract definition of something complex to something concrete by assigning values to the concept. Look at available data and use indicators to measure concepts. Age for canadians is shown through age group and sex. Number of people that belong to each income category over several years. Need to understand why they included some people in the documentation and not others. Low income and inequality measured on stats canada. Need to know what the threshold is for low income because your whole study will be based on it. If you can"t find data, you need to use another method survey, focus groups, interviews, etc: we use online sources to save time and resources. Use cross-sectional data to compare countries, people, provinces. Institutional data sources do the work for you to compare over time and across units.
