SOC224H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Intelligence Quotient, Focus Group, Research
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A theory is an explanation of observed regularities/patterns. Research allows for theories to be tested, and created. Defining key terms that exist within thesis (thesis about arson should define arson) Relational statements -> explaining the relationship between the components of your theory (deterministic, components go together and correlatw in a specific manner but. Probalistic, means that yeah they might go together a specific way but this is. not. always the case. Grounded theory -> inductive theory, deriving theory from data -> data builds your theory. Objective -> do social phenomena have objective reality independent of our perceptions (quantitative - deductive, positivist - objective orientation) Constructionist -> is what passes for reality merely a set of mental construction (qualitative - inductive, interpretive/critical, view is that the world is constructed and people must be talked too) Research design (look to achieve generalizability, establishing causation, provide depth of understanding) Idiographic -> explanation provides depth of understanding (doesn"t look for causation, or generalizabilty)