ASOC 220 Lecture 32: CLASS32
2 Jun 2017
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* unlike quantitative research the goal is not to find unequivocal, objective facts. * for addressing big questions of the how and why of social interaction/change. * theory building process based on based on analysis of evidence events and cultural context. * researcher"s involvement or removal from the process. * details that build understanding versus objective operationalization of variables. Limited generalization versus laws of relationship and causality. Limited and indirect evidence may need to reconstruct historical accounts. * evidence is open to interpretations varies depending on the perspective/awareness of the researcher. * social activity occurs over time and the normal course of events changes people and experiences. * an integration of micro and macro levels of reality steps in historical-comp research. * written statistical documents strengths of comparative research. * knowledge strengthens focus identify similarities and differences. * generalizing across comparable units and what is not generalizable. It"s about broad concepts raising knowledge and understanding limitations of comparative research.
