SOC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indep, Control Variable, Dependent And Independent Variables
30 Oct 2018
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Basics of sociological investigation: look at world using sociological perspective, being curious/ asking questions. Variable: cause dependent variable (cause) i. e. age, gender, religion, race, ethnicity, political a liation. Dependent variable: one that changes (e ect) i. e. attitudes towards abortion, date rape, women staying at home to raise children. Control variable: factor held constant to test relative impact of indep. variable (helps to better understand relationship between variables) Concept: mental construct that represents some part of world in simpli ed form. Variable measurable trait or characteristic that subject to change under di . Hypothesis: statement about relationship entry two or more factors. Measurement: process of determining value of variable in speci c case. Selection from larger population that is statistically found to be typical of that population. Random sample to be useful and valid every member of entire pop. Has to hve same quell chance being selected.
