SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Content Analysis, Operationalization, Stanford Prison Experiment
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People have lots of distorted beliefs about the world, but research methods/empirical evidence can dispel this. There are many things that we think are true, but we do not know are true for a fact. Comes from unreliable sources. (my mom says, my buddy says) Social science: open and negotiated; has to be tested. I believe strain theory predicts crime and it is challenged by facts, There should be a shift in my opinion. Social science: there are rules around what info is valid or not. Formulate research question --> review literature --> select method (interview, survey) --> collect data --> analyze data --> report results. Approach: inductive (go in to an organization without preconceived notions, and leave having formed ideas) or deductive (go in with a theory in mind), grounded, descriptive. Role: empathic (helps for figuring out motive, but you can still be detached), involved, but can be detached. Pros and cons: depth, complexity, flexibility vs. generalizability, skills, time.
