Sociology 3306A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Domestic Violence, Down Syndrome, Dependent And Independent Variables
8 Apr 2015
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Let"s assume a question was only asked of persons who were victimized by a crime (your subsample could be quite small) Eg. spousal abuse is a legitimate topic, but only a small sample would have been victimized. Make sure you"re not limited by the amount of information that is available. Today"s agenda: finish last week"s lecture, discuss spss assignment, the research report. Quantitative sociology is often wrongly criticized as being deterministic or. When people think of causality, they usually think of necessary causes, but sociologists rarely deal with necessary causes. Must be present for an effect to occur. This is relatively rare in sociology (it implies a perfect association) Will likely produce an effect all by itself, but there are also other. Consider academic difficulties as our dependent variable (dropping out of school, not attending post-secondary education, not learning how to read properly)
