SOCL 2001 : Sociology Notes Test 1
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It is getting better: symbolic interactionism, micro- looking at it through the individual, emphasizes the role of symbols and language as core elements of all human interaction, hanging flag as a symbol- some burn out of hatred. Advantages: speak in own words, more in-depth analysis. What do you think about couples living together before marriage? : surveys: based on questionnaires from a sample of, quantitative respondents. Advantages: large populations, quick and economical, strong reliability, confidential. Disadvantages: no full range of expression, weak validity (some may not be honest when taking: secondary analysis: data collections that examines info collected from someone else. Disadvantages: lack of data: experiments: controlled setting to test specific variables. He researches these men who participate on homosexual acts in public. Someone would cough so the people acting on homosexuality will know that someone is coming (like police: ethnography: whatchqueen : irb--> video.
