SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theoretical Definition, Null Hypothesis, Operationalization
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7 questions; you pick 6 to answer: midterm next week! Explain how a preplanned versus emergent research question differ. What types of researchers are most likely to use each? (2 marks) Instructions: full sentences; no more than 4 sentences (guideline: midterm next week! Tutorials the morning before the midterm: review opportunity. Audience with a ta bring your last-minute questions! 2-3 lecturettes based on your needs (bb survey) Today"s class : memory jog, qualitative and quantitative measurement. Interpretive- more qualitatative: variable- types of crime that can vary, unit of analysis-the family the main point that you are trying to study. Inductive- the education research qualitative: deductive, attributes. Why measure: because we want to know that we are really measuring that we are actually measuring, when measuring we can systematically observe our social world using precision. Conceptualization and operationalizationn ( draw slide 9: conceptualization and operationalization.
