[SOCY 210] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (38 pages long!)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 210
• Professor: W.Andrew Silver

Document Summary

Social research methods : bryman and bell (2016) They help us understand our world and inform on social policies. Tutorial dates: in place of class time rooms to be decided. Midterm everything from now till midterm short answer, multiple choice. Final midterm to final short answer, essay question. Research journal (two dates to submit) 30% In class written reflections (5 total each worth 2%, option to write a 6th) 10% Must test the theories to see is there is validity to the theory. Durkheim argues that there is an independent society that exists outside of the world and individuals. Weber thinks that society is the product of actors ho preform individual actions that make up society. Theory: an explanation of observed regularities or patterns. Can use social research to asses the accuracy of a theory. Can use social research to gather info to make a theory. Cant have theories without social research the two are interdependent.