SSCI 2900U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intersubjectivity, Construct Validity, Cohort Study
19 May 2016
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Lecture 2, research methods, causation and research designs, may 12th 2016. A framework for the collection and analysis of data. It must meet certain criteria in order to produce useful results. Research ethics must be considered when choosing a design. The type of design chosen depends on the kind of explanation you are looking for (looking. Nomothetic explanations involve attributions of cause and effect, expressed in terms of general laws and principles. They may be developed through particular research subjects and generalized to larger population outside the study. E. g. , the prevalence of suicide in a particular social group is a function of the level of integration individuals typically have in the group. ". In nomothetic explanations, in order to be considered a cause, a factor (or a variable) has to satisfy three conditions: * *** important. Correlation: an affected variable changes with the variable that causes it. Time order: the cause must occur prior to the effect.
