SOCL 2211 Lecture 1: SOCL September 15th
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*by october 4th, need to meet with her or swede about proposal topic. But, measures and indicators often are more specific than variables. Variable (cid:862)po(cid:448)ert(cid:455)(cid:863) has a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ator or (cid:373)easure of (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e that is less tha(cid:374) the federall(cid:455) deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed po(cid:448)ert(cid:455) li(cid:374)e(cid:863) Weekl(cid:455), (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) o(cid:374)(cid:272)e a (cid:373)o(cid:374)th, a fe(cid:449) times a year. (you give them the choices, like multiple choice) *open-ended- (cid:862)please (cid:449)rite the (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of ti(cid:373)es (cid:455)ou"(cid:448)e atte(cid:374)ded (cid:272)hur(cid:272)h i(cid:374) the past 3 (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths:_______(cid:863) (cid:894)fill i(cid:374) the (cid:271)la(cid:374)k(cid:895) * (cid:862)u(cid:374)o(cid:271)trusi(cid:448)e (cid:373)easures(cid:863) ex: college study : collected cans/bottles of alcohol and counted them to understand drinking habits at greek fraternity houses . Observing where tiles are worn in a museum to understand most liked exhibits. *defi(cid:374)ed as: (cid:862)(cid:373)easurement based on physical traces or other data collected without knowledge or participation of the individuals. (cid:863) More general ------> more specific: nominal = categories: colors, types of cars. No order really: ordinal = ordered categories: you can rank them.
