SSCI 2900U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Altruistic Suicide, Social Impact Assessment, Qualitative Property

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6 sources of knowledge: authority acquired from parents, teachers and experts such as books, television and other forms of media. Overgeneralization - you take a few cases and generalize to other situations. Selective observation filter out other things and focus on what you want to hear or know. Premature closure someone has their mind made up, they"re not going to hear anything else. Following steps in the research process, comes to scientific explanations about the social world. Quantitative data info in the form of numbers. Qualitative data info in the form of words, symbols, visual objects, sounds, etc. There are 5 steps in the research process: select topic, focus question, design study, collect data, analyze data, interpret data, inform others. Action research study: try to minimize power differentials between researcher and participant. Social impact assessment: before running a program, first anticipate problems which may occur in the future (avoids ouu we shouldn"t have done this")