SA 255 Lecture 4: SA 255 - Quantitative Research
9 Feb 2017
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Sa 255 qualitative research (week 4 - january 30th, 2016) Temporality (x needs to come before y) Correlation (or association) (the correlation of values and protests change together: ex. x (hippies) > y (protest, ex. Deductive: one begins with a theory for something, then goes out into the world and tests it. Positivists: social scientists should use similar methods of inquiry as the natural sciences; knowledge must be based on information gathered empirically through the senses (observation); scientific statements exclude normative judgement and subjective bias. Objectivists: social phenomena have pre-existing reality independent of our perceptions social reality is fixed; we have little control over it. Methods: surveys, experiments, statistics: attempts to see patterns and generalizations through research that is independent of our perceptions. Operationalization: turning concepts into measurable variables: ex. age into years of age , or age into 10 year intervals , ex. Variables: traits that can change values from case to case: ex.
