CCT208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Qualitative Research, Inductive Reasoning, Grounded Theory
12 Mar 2014
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Social theories explain recurring patterns, not unique or one-time events. Social theories are explanations for aggregates, not particular individuals. Aggregates are collections of many individuals, cases, or other units (business, schools, clubs, cities, nations). Social theories state a probability, chance, or tendency for events to occur, rather than stating that one event must absolutely follow another. Social theory is a system of interconnected abstractions or ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world. A concept is an idea expressed as a symbol or in words. Concepts have two parts: a symbol (word/term) and a definition. Concept clusters - a collection of interrelated ideas that share common assumptions, belong to the same larger social theory, and refer to one another. Variables are included in this in order to make a cluster. Classification concepts some concepts are simple; they have one dimension and vary along a single continuum. Other are complex; they have multiple dimensions or many subparts.
