[SOC200H1] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (35 pages long!)
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An ex of survey research: the general social survey. Uniform questionnaire- is filled out in the same way, can be self administered or interviewer administered. Probably most common source of quantitative data in sociology often use probability sampling methods to allow for clearer conclusions from quantitative analysis. Allows you to see if you can generalize the findings. Many countreis do this, canada, us, europe, china, korean, australia. Questions are extensively pre-tested and evaluatedfor their validity and reliability. This is done for questions in surveys as surveys cost a lot. Every question added to a survey is 15000$ Canadian general social survey since 1985, conducted almost every year. Topics are repeated every 5 years caregiving and receiving. Most data are available publicly for anyone to download and analysze. Restricted data must be analyzted at statscan facilities. Usgss- collected by norc- national opinion research centre. Every year 1972-1994 and every second year since 1994.
