SOC 1101 Chapter 2: Sociology - Ch 2 - Sociological Perspective

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Sociology is a form of scientific knowledge. Five sources of knowledge: personal experience, tradition, authority, religion, science. Has a mechanism of self-correction (formulates hypotheses instead of absolute truth) Descriptive describe social reality or provide facts about a group, practice, or event. Ex: census (survey on entire population of canada to find specific facts or information) Explanatory explain relationships and answer questions why . Deductive science: therories hypothesis observations generalizations. Inductive science: observations generalizations theories hypotheses. Steps: select and define research problem, review pervious research, formulate hypothesis, develop research design (experiments, surveys, field research, secondary analysis of data, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, report findings. Concepts: abstract element that represents an aspect of world in simplified form. Variables: concept with measurable traits changing from person, time, situation, or from one society to another. Independent variable: causes or determines the dependent variable (the thing that you are studying)