SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hawthorne Effect, Participant Observation, Informed Consent
15 Mar 2016
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Research methods: ways of gathering evidence to test suppositions about the world, behind the techniques used (experiments & interviews) lie important assumptions about facts, objectivity & truth. Minimizing bias in soc sci: science is one of several sources of knowledge, good science has evidence & integrates strong theory & research. Methods of social research: explanation: judges adequate only if it can prove something substantial, explanations may be refined as sociologists attempt to see the final product, understanding: give meaning to actions, fire out why things happen. Secondary data analysis: hasn"t collected own data, asks to use others data, census, statistics canada, historical sociology: past data of different research, documentary analysis: use official documents to support research, official stats: collect statistics from government organizations. How coupes manage finances interview husbands & wives separately & get the other to fill out surveys. Tv violence experimental, test them on violence watching per group differently. Quantitative: availability of numerical data, by statistics, measurable,
