SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adam Parfrey, Stratified Sampling, Nuclear Family
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Sample & how does it relate to population. Population: the whole group of people to be studied. Sample: relatively small number of people chosen to represent a population. Random sampling: everyone in the population of interest has an equal chance of being chosen for the study. Stratified sampling: a sample divided into a series of subgroups subject to random sampling. Define culture the beliefs, norms, behaviors, and products common to the members of a particular group (music, dance, popular trends/fads) influences our social development/ we are products of our cultural beliefs, behaviors, and biases. Material- physical objects/artifacts created, embraced, or consumed that shape people"s lives. (television programs, popular games, zombie apocalypse culture) Emerge from physical environment of a community (homes built close to water are often on stilts to protect against flooding) Nonmaterial- abstract creations of human culture, ideas about behavior and living. Expecting applause at end performance patriotism, consumerism nuclear family. Material concrete, nonmaterial abstract but both intertwined.
