SOCL 2001 Chapter : Examining Our Social World Chapter 2
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Research methods: research methods gain knowledge about a particular topic using procedures that are organized and systematic, carried out by using step by step procedures. Scientific method: body of objective and systematic techniques for. Basic concepts: concept- abstract idea of representing social life, operationalization- assigning a precise method for measuring a concept, variable- characteristic that can change in different conditions, types of variable: Control- constant: hypothesis- expected relationship between variables, educated guess. Examining our social word chapter 2 continued 9/6/17. Approaches to examining relationships: deductive approach works down from a general to specific. Inductive approach begins with a specific idea and expands to general. Ex: a website having a poll because the person selects to be included. Collected at two or more points in time from the same people. Good for analyzing trends over time: cross-sectional. Ex: if the rate of high school drop outs relates to employment. Correlation and causation: researchers would like to determine causation.
