SOAN 2120 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Variance, Spss, University Of Guelph

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: David Walters

Document Summary

Intro to stats (measures of central tendency and distributions: measures of dispersion, hypothesis testing. Field research and other forms of qualitative inquiry. There are two types of social thought, 2 di erent ways of thinking. We learned how to develop our own theories. Learn to develop our critical thinking skills. Gain knowledge for the sake of learning: research. Most contemporary social sciences are about science. Research is concerned with the practical component. In social sciences we study how the environment in uences and organizes people. How it a ects us as ind but also as groups. Illustrates how signi cant and how important the environment is in determining who we become. Like the saying you are a product of your environment . This movie depicts how the environment creates who we are and can alter who we are. Society is organized around con ict among competing groups called the haves and the have nots.