SOAN 2120 Lecture : Friday January 13, Lecture Notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: Scott Schau

Document Summary

Two pillars of science: logic, and, observation real systematic observation, not just casual, you need to set out what exactly you are observing. Three major aspects of social science are: y theory; y data collection; and y data analysis. *we will be examining these in detail, most of the course is data collection. Some dialectics of social research y quantitative and qualitative approaches y nomothetic (undercovers general patterns of cause and effect) and. Idiographic (unique contains a great wealth of information, tries to fully understand the cause of what happened in a particular case . Inductive (particular to general) and deductive (general to particular) theory y. Evidence y quantitative: objective, verifiable, controlled observations, precise communication, deductive approach: go from the general to the particular y qualitative evidence, explanations and descriptions, painstaking analysis of documents, lengthy participation in a group. Inductive approach: go from the particular to the general.