SSCI 3910U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Univariate, Chi-Squared Distribution, Likert Scale
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Define: study of numbers, a numeric understanding of the social world (statistics) Deductive reasoning (start with general theoretical explanation and move to your observations) Ideological principle positivist reality is out there waiting to be discovered objective reality. How do we collect experiments, surveys (most popular), content analysis, secondary data (existing data) Work with concrete concepts (variables i. e. gender, race, etc. ) which we formally operationalize (defining) Also work with abstract (how do you define intelligence, intimate partner violence, elderly abuse, etc. ) Any variable needs to be operationalized in accordance with your research. Variables independent variable (x) comes first in time (i. e. sex, race, education) Dependent variable (outcome) (i. e. quality of life) intervening variable part of relationship sits between independent and dependent variable. Define: non-numerical ; study of observation, content, words, thick description. Inductive reasoning (work with observations and then you build on theory) grounded theory approach. Ideological principle interpretivism subjective reality, socially constructive.
