SOCI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Equation, Exogeny, Close Reading
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Typically done to satisfy curiosity and desire for better understanding, teat the feasibility of undertaking a more extensive study, develop the methods to be used in subsequent studies. Reports on the characteristics of some population, situation, or event. Trying to answer why, focus on casual argument, not all sociological research is explanation. Scientific explanations rest on the idea that events and conditions have causes. Causation models in social science are often probabilistic. Dependent variable (effect) is explained by the presence of the independent variable (cause) Variables are concepts which share a special relationship within our theories. Has impact upon another variable is being impacted on. If attributes don"t vary, it"s not a variable but a constant. A variable must have at least 2 attributes. Do not confuse attributes with variables i. e. in the us, the republicans are more likely to be in favour of the death penalty than democrats. Necessary but not enough for effect to happen.
