SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Nude Recreation, General Social Survey, Participant Observation
27 Mar 2014
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Trying to gain knowledge about a particular topic. A research question you want to have answered. When you are typically exploring a topic that is relatively new. Cybercrime, identity theft (did not occur to the same extent that it does now) Trying to describe a phenomenon, situation, events or people. Observe and then describe what is going on in the data. Why some cities might have some crime rates than others. To explore difference between countries or cities to determine how they are different in an effort to explain what is going on in the data. Well suited when you have a hypothesis you want tested. Dependent variable the effect of whatever cause we are observing. Test before the experiment to see what the results are, then the variables are presented to determine if there is a difference between the pre and post testing. To see if the variable has an effect.
