SOCI 2150Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Food Security, Dependent And Independent Variables, Survey Sampling
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Research design and the logic of causation: qualitative & quantitative approaches part 2. Variables and attributes: conceptualization and operationalization can be seen as the specification of variables and the attributes composing them, an attribute refers to a characteristic or quality of something, - a variable is a logical grouping/set of attributes. Concept/variable: sex: i. e. attributes of human biological make up, male", female", intersex/ambiguous". Independent and dependent variables: once classified, variables are arranged to show their relationship with other variables, and then tested against the theoretical ideas about those relationships: Dependent variable: a variable assumed to be influenced by or dependent upon the presence of another variable in explanatory studies, you are trying to explain variation in the dependent variable . Independent variable: a variable that is presumed to influence a dependent variable. Example: sriram & tarasuk on food security (n=65,000 canadians surveyed in the.
