[Sociology 2206A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (33 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2206A/B
• Professor: Stephen Lin

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Starts class off by asking student to complete questions. Answers: (b) comparing the rates at a county level, (b)- you are only taking consideration of individual observation, not taking into account general observation. This will be on the exam: (c, (b) Note: the exam is worth 30% of your mark. Review: four important stages: theory, hypothesis, observation, imperial generalization. Before you gather your data that you are study you have to do some preparation. Conceptualization what do you mean by a certain concept, operationalization, and measurement. Objectivity and creativity we need to have objective information so we are not producing biased information (applies to conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement) Theoretical ( very abstract) conceptual (break the theory down into different concepts) . Use this to f(cid:396)a(cid:373)e (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e goi(cid:374)g to do (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h. The mental process of developing clear and precise meaning for abstract ideas or concepts. (cid:862)thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess(cid:863) you have some kind of idea.