SYG 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Fact, Dependent And Independent Variables, Content Analysis
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Need to clearly show understandings of concepts in future. Consider symbolism within the culture and how your own perspective influences this formation of group and individuality identity. Diversity : group differences in opportunities ( life chances ), Why is something important ? (troubles = individual) Differences within the us, and even a community (age, education levels), beyond developing countries, etc. numbers you expect to find. Research design: overall strategy underlying the research. Hypothesis : educated guess regarding the outcome of your study; what. Quantitative research : statistical research; findings can be presented in. Qualitative research : in-depth research on human behavior; asking the. Why and how , results presented in words (descriptions, quotes, etc. ) Example: amount of hours studied (independent) on exam grade (dependent) Iv and dv(s) can be difficult to define in qualitative research, because the questions can be more about why and how (based in research questions) rather than causality (based on hypotheses)
