SOCI 100 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
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Manifest functions intended consequences of an action or social pattern. Latent functions - unintended consequences of an action or social pattern. Research a systematic approach to gathering data using an agreed-upon set of methods. Steps in the research process: define the problem (lec 1, types of variables to be included (pg. 100: dependent: - focus of the study (p or s or b) b. Independent: - what we vary/ manipulate (p and s and b) Must have all contexts, or you will be collecting data on association. Intervening: - control variables" (p or s or b) Variable that get in the way" of relationship between independent and dependent variables. May become independent or dependent variables next time: hypothesis and expected statistical relationship. In qualitative research one begins with a testable theory. A tentative statement about a particular relationship that can be tested empirically. Correlations a measure of how strongly two variables are related to each other.
