SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 2
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Organized systematic investigating phenomenon acquiring knowledge testing hypothesis and theories. Examining our social world: chapter 2: research methods, scientific method, basic concepts, application: independent and dependent variables. The more you study, the more you know violent rates are higher among cohabiting couples than among married couples curfews reduced vandalism rates: approaches to examining relationships, reliability and validity, sampling: population vs. Sample: time dimension, qualitative vs quantitative, correlation and causation. Sample - representative subset example: classes randomly selected from a list of all classes at a university: prob. Students leaving student union are asked to fill survey: nonprob. Readers voluntarily complete survey found on magazine: nonprob longitudinal - collected at two or more points in time from the same people. Cross-sectional - collected at one point in time. Quantitative - numbers deducting (general to specific) - theory hypothesis, data, confirmation of theory inductive (specific to general) - observe, data, conclusion, hypothesis, theory.
