Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Operationalization, Culture Shock, American Sociological Association
17 Aug 2018
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Using existing data sets or creating their own sample and research. Most common methods within statistics and most published. Trying to be as objective as possible and look at patterns of human behaviour. Want to show government officials you need the stats to show: quantitative. Subjectivisms to it and potentially bias: sensitive topics: qualitative. Expensive in energy, time and money: qualitative. More recent studies use a mix of both. Often looking for stories or interpretations, trying to get into the minds of individual people. Getting more depth something surveys cannot do. If not, why: looking at outliers, publish results. A concept that can take on more than one value. Independent variable (x): presumed cause: happens first, ex. parental education level, ex. gender. Dependent variable (y): presumed effect: happens second, ex. There is a relationship between each other. A reason why there is a relationship between the two variables. Methodology: using quantitative or qualitative, the plan.
