SOAN 2120 Lecture : Lecture and Textbook
16 Jan 2012
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Primary source ( firsthand reports of observations/ research results that are written by individual who actually conducted the research & made observations) [more valid] A secondary source is written by someone who didn t participate in research/ observations being discussed [i. e. textbook] Qualitative social scientists (lengthy field study, intensive case analysis, in-depth interviews) inductive process. Quantitative social scientists (identify various hypotheses [test hypotheses], generalization) deductive process. Quantitative evidence (objective, verifiable, controlled observations, precise communication) [a little more reliable i. e. can repeat it whereas qualitative research is hard to duplicate] Qualitative evidence (explanations & descriptions painstaking analysis of documents, lengthy participation in a group) [repeatability is lower] Deductive ( specific topic, specify range of topic, identify concepts/variables, find known relationships, reason logically) Inductive ( build theories based on observing aspects of social life and then seeking to discover patterns) They seek to provide explanations for observed patterns.
