01:920:311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
18 Mar 2016
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Descriptive research: describes attitudes, behaviors, identities, but does not try to find out. A poll describing how different groups may vote in the. Republican caucus: understand issues from the insider pov. Case study to understand how police officers make decisions using their gut feeling and what this means to them. People"s sexuality and what that means to them. Explanatory research: tries to explain or predict an outcome in light of another factor that might be connected. Study designed to see if racial prejudice is a factor in whether or not nfl coaches are promoted: these are where hypotheses come in. Evaluation research: evaluates a specific intervention based on the goal of intervention. Study to see whether a program designed to remove racial stereotypes from classrooms results in better performances from students: hypotheses are relevant here. Social theory: a social theory is a logically interrelated set of propositions about empirical reality (i. e. the social world as it actually exists)
