SOCI 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hawthorne Effect
12 Apr 2016
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Research methods: scieniic processes that sociologists use to conduct research and collect data about a paricular topic. Objectivity: ability to conduct research without allowing personal or pre-conceived biases or prejudices to inluence indings: verstehen: understanding the meaning of acion from the actor"s point of view. Scieniic method six steps: decide on a topic, conduct a literature review: study of the relevant academic aricles and informaion, develop a hypothesis: statement(s) about how two of more variables relate or. Research question: why or how quesion about a topic: select a research design: the process to collect data, collect data and analyze the results, share and publish indings. Theory: system of concepts that are interrelated in ways that are clearly described: concept: abstract ideas that refer to objects, ideas or behaviours. Operationalizing: turning concepts into a measurable variable. Validity: if an instrument measures what it is supposed to. Experiment: method in which researchers control variables in order to test causes and efects.
