SOCIOL 2Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nomothetic, Grounded Theory, Qualitative Property
22 Jan 2014
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Not prejudice (educated 40% uneducated 40%)=non statistically significant relationship: other ex= prejudiced: educated 30% uneducated 90% not prejudiced: educated: 70% uneducated 10% relationship is statistically significant: rarely will find perfect relationships between variables* The purposes of social research: exploratory: usually done at the beginning of a project, to explore the challenges/opportunities for further study, descriptive: simply describing social phenomena, explanatory: understanding variation in phenomena, by identifying causal factors. Pov/parents level of education influences child"s level of education. Qualitative and quantitative data: qualitative data: non-numerical data; typically small # of cases; most often idiographic, quantitative data: numerical data; typically large # of cases; most often nomothetic. Pure & applied research: pure research: gaining knowledge for knowledge"s sake : the type of research normally done at universities, applied research: putting research into practice ex policy evaluation. If you were a deductive researcher start at theory stage*
