SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participant Observation, Content Analysis, Historical Method
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Research methods- approaches: quantitive methods- already in or can be converted to numeric form, qualitative methods- cannot be readily converted to numeric form. 9/10 ex: there is class inequality in the us. ^^united students against sweatshops vcu local: a national student-run organization fighting for the right of workers abroad and on campus, companies go to them and tel them what the need. How to begin: deductive approach, starts w/ theory hypothesis, ex: marx analysis of class inequality, inductive approach. Is there correlation: correlation- simultaneous variation in two variables, ex: poor health = low income, education = drinking habits, amount of sleep = grades. Research process p. 57: observation/ collecting data, data processing, analyze data/draw conclusion, application. Hypothesis- a proposed relationship ex: violent video games cause violent behavior over time. Methods of data collection: observation/ field research- watching, listening, or recording behavior and conversation as they are happening, participant observation, nonparticipant observation, historical method, comparative research, experiments, altering social landscape.
