[SOCI 2030] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (29 pages long!)
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Quantitative analysis: focuses on the numerical representation and manipulation of observation for the purpose of describing and explaining phenomena that those observations reflect. Quantitative research: involves the use of numerical measurements in order to measure social phenomena using some sort of numerical representation. Theory and methods are the backbone of the social sciences. Three (things) about how social scientific theories work: 1. Social theories are for aggregates, not particular individual: aggregates: collection of many individuals, cases or other units (business, schools, families etc. , 3. Social theory: a system of interconnected abstraction or ideas that condenses and organized knowledge about the social world. People are always creating new theories about how the world works. Marx, weber & durkheim social theorists not great thinkers like aristotle. Political leaders frequently express social theories when discussing public issues. Concepts have two parts: a symbol (word or term) and a definition (e. g height pp. Concepts are created from personal experience, creative thought, or observation.
