SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Reductionism, Fallacy, Ecological Fallacy

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

Correlations a measure of how strongly two variables are related to each other. Causality/causation relationship in which one variable causes a change in another variable. Direct: when both variables go up or both variables go down. Inverse: when one variable goes up and one variable goes down. Multiple: when there"s a bunch of variables and all directions vary. Spurious: a false correlation between two or more variables, even though it appears to be true. Ecological fallacy: same as reductionism by using excuses but with environmental factors. Systems of reasoning (p. 96-98: theory | Inductive logic a system of reasoning that moves from data to the formation of a theory (data to theory) Gather information about a topic before developing theories about how to explain particular aspects. Deductive logic a system of reasoning that move from theory to the formulation of hypotheses for testing (theory to data)