SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Forces, The Sociological Imagination, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

All study aspects of human behavior and social life, but each has a difference focus: Cultural anthropology; the culture or way of life in a society. Economic; economic conditions and how people organize, produce and distribute goods. Sociology; human interactions, groups and social structure. The study of human groups and their interactions. The unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissect the dynamic relationship between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. The sociological imagination developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are influenced by larger social forces. Positive findings regarding a hypothesis simply provides support for a theory; it does not prove a theory to be correct sociological knowledge is based on science, a logical organized method of obtaining information through direct, systematic observation. Probability samples (ex) random samples) are designed to represent the larger population. Non probability samples include convenience and snowball samples limitations of scientific research.