SOCECOL 194W- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 16 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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In depth understanding of the phenomena being studied: allows for fuller development of info, allows for interpretation, summary, and integration of data. If done carefully, explores processes in their natural setting vs. questionnaire. Getting started: what are the norms that govern interaction in public spaces, code of the streets anderson: studied an urban community, residents: social order, local knowledge, expectations within a particular setting. Settings and field work: describing a particular culture/event/setting, knowledge people use to generate and interpret social behavior, can occur at both the individual and group level. Goals: describe, classify, compare, explain similarities and differences. From your field work your develop: theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Discovery process viewing research as a process of discovery vs. theory driven. Learn by watching and listening to other people. Learning about the research process kill me i think the discussion is your best bet i only read 11 pgs + discussion before i quit.
