SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sept, Okcupid, Sociological Inquiry
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What are research methods: research methods are the rules and procedures that social scientists use to approach a research question. It is necessary that those procedures are standardized because this helps facilitate rigorous and reproductible work. Your research question is the foundation of any sociological inquiry. It should tackle the following: an aspect of social life/behaviour that fascinates you, a contemporary issue, a question that is unanswered, but answerable. O(cid:272)ial p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s (cid:894)blu(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:895) (cid:862)wo(cid:396)thy(cid:863) of (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ation are dictated by context. The research approach you choose qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods- is determined by your research question (p40-42) Clear/concise measures: an identifiable social problem, narrowed scope, defined population parameters. Methodological approaches: quantitative, a technique in which researchers to collect and report data numerically (p. 40-43, advantage > allows scientists to model relationships and calculate statistics, disadvantage > requires high volume of reponses, can miss descriptive nuance. Mixed methods: mixed methods: is an approach to research that involves collecting, analyzing, and integrating.
