SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operationalization, Theoretical Definition, Measles
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Paradigms- way of thinking (mental framework you have before you begin research project) Positivist examples: lisa"s immigration research; census: people ask questions and there is a specific type of answer, quantitative, objective and value free. Interpretive example: box 2. 3 page 29 (malacrida); my education research: more conversation, participant may have more to say (as opposed to checking off options) Critical example: workplace harassment research: workplace harassment among pilipino domestic workers- policy suggestions and changes. Variable (empirical measure of a concept; i. e. gender) and attributes (i. e. Variable (empirical measure of a concept; i. e. gender) and attributes (i. e. male, female) Independent variable (i. e. poverty) and dependent variable (level of education), intervening variable (i. e. self-confidence)[example of hypothesis: what effect does poverty have on education and how does that influence a person"s self-confidence] Spuriousness (a type of error in explanation) More common in quantitative than qualitative work.
