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23 Cards in this Set
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Research method:
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Best way to analyze results of a given study
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Factual questions
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Not always reliable or have detailed info, does not portray influences or unusual cases.
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Comparative questions:
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Relating one social context of a society with another.
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Developmental questions:
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Previous forms of society and study the main direction the processes of change have taken.
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Empirical questions
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how things occur
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Theoretical questions
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what the facts mean
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Research
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1. define problem, 2. background research, 3. create own hypothesis, 4. Select research design. 5. carry out research. 6. interpret and share results.
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Causal relationships
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one event or situation produces another.
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Correlation
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a regular relationship b/w two sets of occurences or variables.
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Variable
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any dimension which individuals or groups vary
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Durkheim
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Suicide research. Not the the weather affects suicide but that it affects social like and interaction.
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Independent variables:
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One that produces and affect on a dependent variable
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Dependent variable
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receives the independent affect
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Controls:
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Helps screen out other possible influences that explain correlation
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Ethnography
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first hand studies of people: observation and interviewing.
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Surveys:
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Reach large population but is less detailed. Standardized fixed range or open ended answers.
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Sampling:
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Concentration on a sample of an overall group
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Random Sampling
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Chose so every memeber of the pop is has same probability of being included.
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Lazarsfield
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investigated a small town of voters. Opinion leaders react to political events then influence those around them.
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Zimbardo
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Students as prisoners and jailers
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Life histories research
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Biographical material, oral history. Ashworth study of WWI trench warfare.
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Triangulation
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combining several methods in a single piece of research
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Reflexivity
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Interchange b/w sociological research and human behavior
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