SOCB05H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)
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Illogical reasoning eg. ga(cid:373)(cid:271)ler"s falla(cid:272)y (you (cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g thousa(cid:374)ds of 7788 e(cid:448)ery (cid:374)ight a(cid:374)d thinking this will apply to everyone) Variables vs attributes: variable is the action/category, attribute is the numerical value of the variable eg. variable is education, attribute is 20 yrs of education. Pay attention to this ** the 3 main dialectics of social research. Idiographic lots of detail about one specific event: nomothetic an account of a few common causes about of a broad category of events general account of a broad number of events. Accounts rather than counts: quantitative information that is measured or aggregated numerically counts rather than accounts, can translate qualitative into quantitative. Micro- and macro- theory: macrotheory theories aimed at understanding the big picture of institutions, whole societies, and interactions among societies, microtheory theories aimed at understanding social life at the intimate level of individuals and their interactions.
