Sociology 2206A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operationalization, Repeatability, Reductionism

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

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Variables: abstract ideas expressed in words (gender, class, poverty, must be clearly defined, may or may not be quantifiable (age vs. domestic violence, concepts that take on a range of values, quantities or categories (years of schooling or political affiliation) A tentative statement about the relation between 2 or more variables (independent (causal variables that produced the effect) and dependent (the effect/outcome variable that results from the causal variables) variables) Paradigm (theoretical framework)(series of decision making) = ontology + epistemology + methodology. Finding the seed: an inductive approach that attempts to derive theory from an analysis of the patterns, themes, and common categories discovered in observed in observational data. Linking abstract concepts to specific measurement: assigning numbers or labels to units of analysis in order to represent conceptual properties, **difference between quantitative and qualitative measurement (pg. Requiring concrete indictors that help us to observe (e. g. socio economic status)