FSN 707 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning
2 Dec 2015
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Research that proceeds (quantitative) in a sequence of steps. Research that proceeds in a circular back-and-forth way, returning to earlier steps. Quantitative research: approaches that test objective theories by examining the relationship among variables . Variables are measurable and provide numerical data. Using quantification, we turn features of the real world into variables a variable represents a characteristics that differs or varies from one individual to another or from one point in time to another in one place to another. The attributes of a variable represent the potential range of variation. Quantitative analysts study the relationship between two or more variables a research hypothesis is a testable statement of the expected relationship between at least two variables. A hypothesis shows a cause and effect relationship. Unit of analysis the kind of empirical case or unit that researchers observe, measure, and analyze in a study li tat i v e resea. Approaches fr investigating and understanding the meaning of social phenomenon.
