SOCI 217 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stratified Sampling, Quota Sampling, Fallacy
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Whatever it is that a researcher describes or explains and then draws inferences about. This is not about how people are identified, located, or group memberships that make them eligible for the study. Attributing something to a group based on the observed behaviour or characteristics of individuals. Assuming that something learned about an ecological unit (e. g. a group) says something about that individuals that make up that unit. Test the feasibility of undertaking a more extensive study. Develop the method to be used in subsequent studies. Report on the characteristics of some population situation or event. Reports on the relationships among different aspects of the phenomenon under study. Necessary but not enough for the effect to happen. E. g. paying tuition = necessary to get degree but will not guarantee it. Does not guarantee the occurrence of the effect. 3rd variable is cause for both iv and dv i. e. gender - - - > hair length.
