SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuremberg Trials, Content Analysis, Historical Sociology
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Any human behaviour = valid, even disreputable (e. g. spousal abuse) Why isn"t common sense adequate? (the need for sociological research) When subjected to scientific research methods, common-sense ideas are often found to be very limited or false. Sociologists want order in chaos, so they research . Patterns and regularities between social variables: social variable: observable characteristic which all member of a group have in some kind of degree (e. g. Allow us to make generalizations to large groups. There may be causal relationships between particular variables. More in depth than quantitative; rich in description and meaning; things that can"t be captured in numbers. Captures : complexity of everyday life, social meaning, experiences and understanding, relations between people. Yes/no) and open-ended questions (why do you like the colour blue?) Unstructured (not prearranged, spontaneous) or semi-structured interview. Detailed, descriptive and meaningful data: secondary analysis. Every 5 years there is a census in canada.
