SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Literature Review, Stamen, System On A Chip
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Research methods: we use research methods to, generate new ideas + concepts, update our knowledge about soc + crime, research diff groups and areas using specific methods. Terminology: variable: concept that can take one more than one value, gender - male, female, other (gender=concept, variables=male/female/other, marital status - married, divorced, single. Experiments: associate with natural sciences, text x > y via an experiment, testing variables, control group & experimental group e. g. relationship between watching got and development of antisocial behaviour. Iv: watching got: dv: antisocial behaviour, + establish causation. Survey: widely used method, quantitative method, questionnaires are a sub category, ask about knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, can be open/close ended, association between x & y, + ask all kinds of things (very powerful) Quality of data hinges on how you ask the question. Analysis of existing data: someone else has collected it, statistics canada, including census data, look for association b/w x & y, + accessing representative sample.
