SOAN 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Time Series, Academic Journal, Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: David Walters

Document Summary

It is a challenging process of discovery that requires persistence, personal integrity, tolerance for ambiguity, interaction with others, and commitment to doing quality work. Authority: knowledge from parents, teachers, and experts as well as from books, television, and other media. Accepting something as true because someone in a position of authority says it is true or because it is in an authoritative publication, you are relying on authority as a basis of knowledge. Quick, simple, and cheap way to learn something. Easy to overestimate the expertise of other people. For example: so(cid:373)e (cid:862)e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ts(cid:863) of the past (cid:373)easu(cid:396)ed i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g (cid:271)u(cid:373)ps o(cid:374) the skill; othe(cid:396) (cid:862)e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ts(cid:863) used bloodletting to try to cure diseases. Authorities may not agree, and all authorities may not be equally dependable. Authorities may speak on fields they know little about, or they may be plain wrong. An expert who is very informed about one area may use their authority in an unrelated area.