SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Informed Consent, Operational Definition, Participatory Action Research
11 Apr 2018
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Symbolic interationalists- meaning people use to facilitate social life. Microsociological theories as questions about experiences and meanings. Develop a specific research question or questions. Where, and with whom, will you get your information. Gather information about a topic before developing theories about hoe to explain or predict a pattern and then test the theory. Develop a theory or set theories to explain or predict a pattern and then test the theory. A false correlation between two or more variables, even if it appears to be true. The group of people that a researcher wishes to learn something about. One variable causes a change in the other variable. Dependent variable: is the reaction (or lack thereof) to the manipulation. In qualitative research one begins with testable theory. A tentative statement about a particular relationship that can be test empirically. Operational definition describes how a variable is measured.
