SSH 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Reality, Conditionality, Grounded Theory

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 301
• Professor: Tammy George

Document Summary

Ssh 301 - research design and qualitative methods. Linda t. smith - research is a dirty word. According to smith, the word itself research", is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world"s vocabulary (pg. Often at the expense of indigenous populations. Therefore, we must understand how research has been historically problematic for a number of communities and how it participates in scientific racism and the construction of the other . An explanation of observed regularities or patterns. To assess the adequacy of a particular social theory. To gather information to create social theory. Limited in scope and can be tested directly. Examples: durkheim"s theory of suicide, theory of relative deprivation. Catholics don"t commit suicide as much as protestants. General and abstract and cannot be tested directly. Using deduction, one begins with a theory or explanation for something, then goes out into the world and tests it.