ASOC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Fallacy, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation
2 Jun 2017
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Monday, march 27, 2017 analysis of existing statistics. * a wealth of wide ranging data is already collected but for non- research purposes. * combine a wealth of social and economic indicators to inform public policy debates. * primary research is hard collection of original data. * secondary analysis of existing data is inexpensive. * permits comparisons across groups, geographic areas and time. * can facilitate answering questions not posed in the original construction. * fallacy of misplaced concreteness detail can be misleading. * fallacy of misplaced accuracy and completeness the illusion of accuracy. * units of analysis aggregate statistics don"t/can"t publish individual data. * validity may be valid for the administrative purpose but not for your construct source limitations. * reliability measures and concepts can change. * data wasn"t designed to identify causal relationships. * not useful for qualitative measurements of values, beliefs, attitudes.
