SOC 101 Lecture 4: Research methods
21 Mar 2016
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Approaches to research: a deductive approach to research: Analyzes the data collected through observation to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory: example: It is said that college graduates are likely to have higher incomes than non-college graduates, so you hypothesize that graduation from college increases salary. You collect some data and analyze it to determine whether your theory is correct: an inductive approach to research: Determines if a correlation exists by noticing if a change is observed in two things simultaneously: example: You notice that one of your friends is making more money than one of your other friends, even though they have similar jobs. You have no idea why this could be, but you are interested in figuring it out. You think of all the differences between these two people. One went to college and one did not.
