Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deductive Reasoning, System On A Chip, Thomas Kuhn
13 Jan 2017
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Is sociology a science: scientific method. An objective, accurate, systematic analysis of empirical data in order to discover recurring relationships and to advance human knowledge. Scientists may not be, but science is: science is objective without bias, science is accurate it(cid:495)s correct. Its better to be accurate than precise: science is systematic following the proper sequence of events from start to finish. Key component in all scientific investigation is theory survery questions) appropriate methodology. Societal equilibrium theory by t. parsons: theory general ideas about the way things are directly test a theory and so you need to break them down into smaller pieces (aka hypotheses, method , data/observations analyze that data (analysis=math) Problem with theories is that they(cid:495)re really broad you cant. Operationalization how you(cid:495)re gunna get the information (cid:523)i. e. sometimes we have a theory we cant evaluate because we don(cid:495)t have: norms and rules change all the time (cid:523)even murder think war(cid:524) and.
