SOC200H1 Lecture : survey all.docx
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What you ve been doing all this time surveys, assumptions and paradigms: what is a survey, data-collection method. Surveys are not experiments: a form of probability sample is used, paradigmatic assumptions measure sociological concepts meaningfully. effects of individual variables. The (objective) truth is out there. we can we can isolate the causal. Focus on frequencies of variables or relationships between variables. Some ultimate truth to be found; objective reality. Take the concepts we need and measure them. Can isolate how variables cause things: these are all aggravate assumptions. Interested in how things mutually work: ask a research question, useful for descriptive and explanatory research (can ask either, the following are examples: What is the relationship between frequent exposure to violence and depression: not as useful for exploratory research. H1: people who have had frequent exposure to violence are more likely to be depressed than people who have little or no exposure to violence.
