SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gateway Cities, Content Analysis, Inductive Reasoning
18 Oct 2016
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There is a biased need for information to be in numerical form. Begins with hypothesis and why questions (relationships between variables) Question must be answered by the appropriate method. Begins with hypothesis and why questions (relationship between variables) A tentative statement about a particular relationship that can be tested empirically. Dependent variable is the reaction (or lack thereof) of the manipulation. Operational definition describes how a variable is measured. Two variables can be related, but one does not necessarily cause the other. Mi(cid:272)hael haa(cid:374) (cid:894)2007(cid:895) (cid:862)the pla(cid:272)e of pla(cid:272)e: lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)t e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) well-(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863) Hypothesis: there is a relationship between city of immigrant settlement and economic well-being. He wanted to look at if immigrants would do better in smaller or larger cities. There was a very marginal economic advantage for immigrants living in non-gateway cities. Established in 1971, replacing the dominion bureau of statistics (est. Long form census (canceled in 2010, reinstated 2015)
