CCT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: False Dilemma, Social Fact, How Do You Know
9 Apr 2018
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Three core traditions: positivism (durkheim): empirical (observing with senses) study of social facts (ex: suicide rates). Instead of treating the world as something to study about it should be something changed. Quantitative: mainly inductive (you don"t start with a theory, just start measuring and observing any patterns, note that there are elements of both inductive and deductive in both methods, natural science model positivism, objectivism. Qualitative: mainly deductive (you arrive at your conclusion and talk down about it, interpretivism, constructionism. Influences on social research (bryman & bell, pg. The point: social agreement, importance of context. Implications: numbers are often thought of being hard or objective assumes a false dichotomy, numbers need to be place on context, good research takes context into account. The point: sometimes the logic of numbers applies, how many times did she , how many steps did they take , did x happen more than y, good research is possible when measures match logic of numbers.
