SSH 301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Simple Random Sample, Random Number Table, Cluster Sampling
15 Jul 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Research is driven by what is seen as a pressing social problem. Theories are an attempt to make sense of it all , to find order and meaning in an infinite mass of information. Connection between theory and research is not straightforward. Theory: an explanation of observed regularities or patterns. o. Definitions: what the key terms in the theory mean. 3. knowing the value of one variable conveys info about the other. Relational statements: connect two or more variables so that o i. e. as the economy experiences a downturn, the arson rate increases. o. Deterministic: the two variables always go together in. Relational statements come in two forms: a particular way. degree of regularity, but the relationship is not inevitable. Probabilistic: the two variables go together with some. Different types of theories such as: o o. General and abstract not easily testable lense . Include theories such as structural-functionalism, symbolic interactionism, critical theory, post-structuralism, feminism.
