SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tea House, Historical Sociology, Content Analysis
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Order in chaos numbers and statistics. Sample: a subset of a population random sample, generalize statistically back to the population. Open-ended questions more open and not specific (your opinion) Operationalization question design (give lots of choices for answers so people can come to a conclusion and you can get a good measurement: participant observation: Able to observe behaviour: qualitative interviews: Detailed, descriptive and meaningful data: secondary analysis: Used in content analysis and historical sociology: unobtrusive measures: Steps in the research process: selecting a topic (ex. common law unions couples living together, defining the problem (what effect does living common law have on long term relationships?) What do you want to know about the topic: reviewing the literature . What research questions remain: formulating a hypothesis/research question . Need to have an argument and position: choosing a research method . Depends on the question you are asking: collecting the data .
