SOC150H1 Lecture 4: Soc150 Lecture 4 Notes
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Reliability: the extent to which a research instrument yields consistent results. Validity: the extent to which a research instrument accurately measures what it is supposed to measure. Oppositional: researchers place themselves on the side of the marginalized and critique structures that marginalize them. Radical: researchers try to get at the roots of dominance and explore the interconnections of, ex, capitalism. Submersive: researchers question assumptions in order to open the door to alternative understandings of the social world. Or are we human beings, trained and educated that make us choose certain methods, theories and questions. Mercator map, made in 16th century, good for navigation--still most popular today. Countries are miss-sized, the map stretches the top and bottom, and shrinks everything close to the equator. The authagraph map--designed in 1999 to represent true size of countries. Tiny processes of daily interaction that normally escape notice (micro)
