SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Academic Conference, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning
30 Sep 2016
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Wallis" wheel deductive theories data gathering inductive hypothesis: research is to help us understand more about an area that is not well established, ex. Operationalizing - process of de ning variables in a precise manner that is measurable ! ex. income ! Reliability - the consistency of a measure. to demonstrate, two different researchers ! should be able to get the same value ex. for someone"e employment income ! stated on a pay stub! The exact process depends on the research method used. If it is through interviews must transcript recordings and identity common themes ! (coding) ex. people with higher incomes say similar things about satisfaction, happier ! marriage ! Sociological research does not always prove something so much as help us understand it: report findings - how can you share the ndings? concludes with a dissemination of. Ndings. ex. present the ndings at an academic conference or write an article for peer reviewed journals !
