SOCIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnography, Dependent And Independent Variables, Participant Observation
16 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Sociology 101
9/15/2017
Lecture 5
Other terms to know
- reliability
- extent to which measure produces consistent results
- validity
- degree to which measure/scale reflects what is being studied
- correlation
- change in one variable coincides in change in another variable
- causation
- change in 1 variable (independent variable) creates change in another variable
(dependent variable)
Research Methods
- Scientific method
- systematic, organized steps for objectivity and consistency to research problem
- define problem
- review literature
- make hypothesis
- choose research design
- collect/ analyze data
- develop conclusion
- ideas for more research
Types of research methods
- surveys
- ethnography
- experiments
- secondary data analysis
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Secondary analysis
- usually previously collected data for new analysis
- census data
- crime statistics
- birth, death, marriage, divorce, health statistics
- cost effective
- limited to data collected for another purpose
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Document Summary
Extent to which measure produces consistent results validity. Degree to which measure/scale reflects what is being studied correlation change in one variable coincides in change in another variable causation change in 1 variable (independent variable) creates change in another variable (dependent variable) Scientific method systematic, organized steps for objectivity and consistency to research problem. Develop conclusion choose research design collect/ analyze data ideas for more research. Usually previously collected data for new analysis census data crime statistics. Birth, death, marriage, divorce, health statistics cost effective limited to data collected for another purpose. Data collected from responses to series of questions and presented quantitatively sample size. Nonresponse rates forms, wording, and context of questions matter contextualizing results compare to other surveys compare across time (longitudinal) limitations: can be expensive + time consuming. Ethnography systematic, long-term data gathering interested in patterns. Participation/ participant observation interview (formal and informal)
