SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anomie, Barack Obama Citizenship Conspiracy Theories, Big Data
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Variables used: class, race, ethnicity, gender, family size. Sociologists perspective: use random samples, measure and quantify variables (systematic counting) Confirms the obvious: what everyone knows, common sense. Versus ealit(cid:455) is (cid:272)omple(cid:454): (cid:858)debunk(cid:859) it(cid:859)s o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious (cid:449)ith data. Obvious: alcohol fosters crime: prohibition in us will lower crime rates dysfunctional law organized crime. Sociological variables: takes on two or more values connected to each other aka in relation. Independent variables: comes first in times, cause or affects the dependent variable. Dependent variables: the result of the independent variable. Rate of prostitution increase and decrease due to political and administrative procedures, and law/social control. Independent variable is related to dependent variable. Relationship is not spurious: not caused by third variable, always look for alternative explanations. Spurious relationship (x and y caused due to third variable) # fire trucks linked to damage, more fire trucks mean there is more damage (size of the fire is the other variable)
