SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neural Coding, Longitudinal Study, Content Analysis
3 Feb 2018
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Experiments is a mode of scientific observation which involves: taking action, observing the consequences of that action. Cucrs: canadian uniform crime reports (dark figure), method of standardizing definitions of crime in order to compare across states, measuring. 100000 per/capita: dark figure (cid:894)we do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e take pla(cid:272)e aka is u(cid:374)reported(cid:895), Crime funnel: all crime (detected/undetected) top/most, detected crime (reported/unreported, reported crime (founded/unfounded, founded crime, crime is taken to court (convicted/acquitted, convicted, incarcerated bottom/less. Self-report data: nlscy & nphs, simply ask people whether they have engaged in crime and deviance, people are surprisingly honest about many kinds of deviance, include scales and items to detect deception (university student evaluation recodes) 3: semi-structured, interviewer effect (maybe character of the interviewer) Observation/participant observation studies: when behavior is readily apparent (improper turns, mall behavior, humphrey tearoom trade, personal bias and ethnical concerns. In order to better understand anorexia, a researcher might to consider content of beauty magazines.
