Sociology 3306A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spurious Relationship, Ordinal Data, Fallacy
10 Dec 2017
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Introduction: should contain a clear statement of the problem, synthesized briefly what has been done in the field, how it contributes to existing body of knowledge, why is this important?, ex. Political or social significance: makes reader want to go forward. Methods: state clearly how the study was done, enough info for replication. Measurement: experiment procedures for manipulating the independent and measuring the dependent variable, how the lit review reported how they found the dependent variable (how were they asked, ex. Unwanted birth, mistimed birth ), credibility to measure, coded as such: survey specific questions for measures of each variable, field research noting the kinds of observation made. Procedures: summary of the various steps in the conduct of research, can replicate. Findings: where problems, questions or hypothesis that framed the research are answered, provide evidence on reliability and validity, footnote on additional info, additional statistical analysis, answers what a reader may anticipate.
