ASOC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reductionism, Falsifiability, Fallacy
2 Jun 2017
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Introduction to social research research design issues 2 friday, february 10, 2017. I have a theory that young people today are less politically engaged than older generations. * what concepts and variables need defined? characteristics of casual hypotheses. * expresses a cause-effect relationship between the variables. * can be expressed as a prediction of a future outcome. * logically linked to a research question and theory. It is falsifiable it can be tested against empirical evidence and shown to be true or false casual theory and hypotheses. * acceptance only comes after repeated tests and consistent support. * disconfirming hypothesis importance of negative evidence hard to prove but we can disprove or eliminate possibilities. * null hypothesis there is no relationship. * alternate hypothesis there is a relationship. * clarity about units and levels of analysis. * level of analysis our research applies to: * units of analysis what we are researching: * macro associated with organization/society errors of explanation.
