SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Desirability Bias, Fax, Deductive Reasoning

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Unit 2: scientific analysis: existing data or the official statistics are used to determine the characteristics and actions of people, reginald bibby: 30 years, measured changes in meetings attitudetoward a wide range of issues, self administered questionnaire, conducted a series dealing specifically with teenagers, sociological investigation starts with two simple requirements o apply the sociological perspective,this point of view reveals a curious patterns of behavior all around us that call for further study o be curious and ask questions. Science as one type of truth: saying that we know something can mean different many different things, god kind of knowing belief or faith, second kind rests on pronouncement of the recognized expert, third type based on simple agreement among people, peoples truth differ all over the world, science: a logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observations, empirical evidence: information we can verify with our senses.