SOAN 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Smoking Cessation, Scientific Method, Alcoholism

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Idea>literature review> design> data collection> analysis > dissemination. New mothers are better than delivery-room doctors to provide a lived experience giving birth. Where do research ideas come from: onotology = how we understand reality, aka our worldview, epistemology = how we attain knowledge and understanding, positivism, conflict theories. 3 major theoretical frameworks: positivist approach: Replication = same findings across multiple studies illustrate these laws, a(cid:374) (cid:858)truth(cid:859) Humans are different than other studied things. Reality = interactions, language is symbolic, lived experiences: conflict theory: Human behaviour is based on inequality and an unbalanced distribution of power. Social organization is based on social class. Realization of oppression = outrage by the masses = social change. Critical perspective of social life and human behaviour. Anthony giddens structuration theory: contemporary sociologist, structure = rules and a process of providing structure to social life, we as individuals are shaped by exiting structure, and in turn further shape the existing structures.

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