SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Dependent And Independent Variables
29 Oct 2017
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Monday, february 22, 2016 soc1100 reading - chapter 2 how sociologists do research. Concrete experiences - is obtained by seeing, toughing, tasting, and smelling or hearing. Percepts - smallest bits of concrete experiences. Abstract experiences - imaginary world of the mind. Concepts - abstract terms used to organize concrete experience. Propositions - idea that result from nding the relationship between concepts. Samples - part of the population of research that interests that is selected for analysis. Population - the entire group about which the researcher wants to generalize. Objectivity - assed by degree of consistency between the observations of independent observers. Positivists - assumes that social realities are objective and are best studied through quantitative research methods. Interpretivists - assume that social realities are subjectively constructed and are best studied through qualitative research methods. Deductive reasoning - begins with general ideas and proceeds to test their validity on speci c cases.
