SY280 Study Guide - Final Guide: Null Hypothesis, Pejorative, Grounded Theory

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14 Dec 2012
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Scientific social laws, testing theories, verstehen (weber, i) Identify both of them: positivist epistemology be able to identify, august comte. In the past god"s will= what society wants. Religious beliefs replaced by science and objectivity. Wanted society to be explained logically and rationally. Increase the status of soc by making it more like science. Empiricism: objective and value free, only knowledge from senses acceptable, rigorous scientific testing, accumulate facts = data, dismiss research that doesn"t connect to theory, tenants of postivism. Research= testing theories laws of social science. Empirical observation not influences by old theories: positivism under attack. Doesn"t acknowledge inequality in society, race, class, gender: intersubjectivity different researchers should reach the same conclusions. Empathetic understanding: theory and research, theory. Guides the collection of data and analysis. Definitions: specify key terms in theory. Relational statements: connect 2 or more variables, deterministic, probabilistic, 2 variables go together all of the time, 2 variables go together with some degree of regularity.