MEDIAST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependent And Independent Variables, Gender Studies

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Media Studies
• Course: MEDIAST 101
• Professor: Josh Jackson

Document Summary

Outcome of dependent relies on the independent. The outcome is influenced by the cause. Iv usually in a graph on the x-axis. Where is the data coming from? (main idea of the course) Be critical of research claims and the source. : finding a relationship with self reported data (rely on them to be honest) Artifact: more of an interpretation such as data of the economy. Things that already exist in the world that is symbolic of something. All girls toys are dolls and boys toys are all action figures; symbol for gender studies (not created for the point of research) Quantitative and qualitative analysis thru self-reported, observation, artifact methods. What were they expecting vs. what was the result. Longitudinal: studies across a range of time. Trend: mainly saying not panel (not same people but general population) Panel: literally same individuals are being followed over time. Cohort: same time grouping of people of some measure (ex.