SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hidden Curriculum, Peer Pressure, Deductive Reasoning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Tonya Davidson

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Or analyzing data (content analysis, statistical analysis, narrative analysis) Begins w/ hypothesis & why questions. (rltshps btwn variables) Ethnographic methods (****neither of these methods are more valid, both have flaws****) (****quantitative reduce the data to #"s, qualitative analyzes data as text or a narrative****) In quantitative research one begins with a testable theory: a tentative statement about a particular relationship that can be tested empirically. Independent variable; can be varied or manipulated: dependent variable; is the reaction (or lack thereof) of the manipulation. Operational definition describes how a variable is measured. Get it from the census and stats canada. Michael haan the place of place: location and immigrant economic well-being in canada . Hypothesis: there is a relationship between city of immigrant settlement and economic well- being. Dependent variable: economic well-being (slightly higher in non-gateway cities) Employment status ( better than smaller places ) **ethnography (writing about culture: participant observation, archival research. How to observe morals and manners 1838.