CRJ 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cohort Study, Fallacy
8 Sep 2016
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Chapter 4 research design: description, correlation & causation (cont. ) Ecological fallacy- distinction between the relationships across groups. We have to also look at the issue pertaining too: **especially important in study of causation: cross- sectional: an observation of the units of analysis at one point in time. Longitudinal: an observation of the units of analysis over a period of time: trend study: examine groups who meet some criteria to note changes over time within group, with a new sample each observation a. i. Examples: graduating seniors; residents of a community; membership of an organization: cohort study: study changes within a defined group over time by means of sub-samples randomly drawn each observation b. i. Examples: class of 1980; baby boomers; etc: panel study: study the same units of analysis over time, include all in each observation. Goals of social science research: error free observations that are within some theoretical framework.
