POL242Y1 Lecture Notes - Kurtosis, Nomothetic, Level Of Measurement
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Both of these words have their origins in greek. Idio- comes from the word for secret or private. Nomo- is based on the word for law. Not just a formal gov"t but everyday patterns that people follow. It is possible to take either approach to social science research, but we usually use the . We look for concepts, which are defined terms that able us to organize, classify, and compare (which is the heart of all social science research). Gender and ideology are concepts we use that allow us to classify people into different categories. We use gender to describe the difference between men and women. We use ideology to describe the difference between such things as liberal and conservative. A gender or ideology can have more than one response (men, woman . Variables: two or more numeric values, or two or more qualities. In order to be a variable it must have variation in it.
