SOCI 2150Y- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)
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What is social science research: the process of discovering or uncovering new knowledge. It is distant from a declaration of what we think we know about the social world because it involves a systematic inquiry into a phenomenon of interest. It aims to contribute to what is known about a phenomenon and to action and social change. It is based on underlying values, principles, and theories about how the world works or ought to work and these need to be made explicit as part of the research process. Qualitative and quantitative data in social science research: almost all our observations of the social world start out as qualitative, quantification involves converting qualitative observations into quantitative form. Who does research: as an emerging scholar an researcher, you will be encouraged to ask this question, and to think about the interest"s particular individuals or groups of research have in a topic.
