SOC221H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Grounded Theory, Stanley Milgram, Thick Description
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Week 1: sept 7/2016: intro to course and to social science research. Deigned to enhance knowledge of the world. Designed to solve a concrete problem (ex. Nike hiring red to se if yoga can be classified as a sport) Term theory used many ways but most commonly is an explanation of observed regularities and patterns, it is composed of interrelated and verifiable statements or propositions. Deterministic: two variables always go together in a particular way (ex. As economy shrinks by 1%, arson increases by 5%) Probabilistic: two variables go together with some degree of regularity but the relationship is not inevitable. The deductive method is most common in sociological research. Theory hypotheses data collection findings hypotheses confirmed or rejected revision of theory. In the inductive approach, theory is the outcome of the research, the researcher begins by gathering data relevant to the phenomenon being investigated.
