ERS 210 Chapter 1: Textbook Chapter 1 Notes. Week 2.2 Reading
16 Sep 2016
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Common theory components: definitions/key words, descriptions which outline the characteristics of the phenomena, relational statements connecting 2+ variables. Deterministic: two variables always go together in a particular way. Probabilistic: two variables go together with some degree of regularity but the relationship is not inevitable. Tested with empirical data and confirmed or rejected. You start by gathering/examining data that is relevant. It is impossible to have a pure study with only one approach. Grounded theory: practice of deriving theories from qualitative data. Generalizations: apply to people and groups that weren"t in the study. Epistemological assumptions: what can be known and how that knowledge can be acquired. Positivism: epistemological position that advocates using the methods of the natural sciences in the study of social reality. Constructionist perspective: an ontological position according to which social phenomena and their meanings are continually being created by social actors: no facts, only interpretation. Quantitative research: using quantitative data gathering techniques and statistical analysis.
