Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Grounded Theory, Null Hypothesis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
22 Oct 2018
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An inductive approach that attempts to derive theory from an analysis of the patterns, themes and common categories discovered in observational data. Figuring out the causal mechanism among your variables. Characteristics of units that vary, can have different values, categories , or attributes for different observations attributes (on exam) the categories or values under each variable. May vary over cases, over time, or over both. Variables that are the main object of the study (dv, iv) All other variables (control variables) (those you wish to control for) Occurs prior in time to both the iv and dv. Is an effect of the iv and a cause of the dv. Values or categories consist of numbers, differences between the categories can be expressed numerically. Discrete categories, usually designated by a label, non-numerical differences between. Expressing a causal relationship between at least 2 variables.
