SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Contingency Table
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Scientific ideas differ from common sense and other forms of knowledge: assessed in the clear light of systematically collected evidence and public scrutiny. Sociological research depends not just on the rigorous testing of ideas but also on creative insight: thus the objective and subjective phases of inquiry are both important in good research. The main methods of collecting sociological data include experiments, surveys, systematic observations of natural social settings, and the analysis of existing documents and official statistics. Each data collection method has characteristic strengths & weaknesses: each method is appropriate for different kinds of research problems. Concrete experience: obtained by seeking, touching, tasting, smelling, or hearing. Propositions (meaningful experience; occurs in the mind) ( bits of ideas) (related concepts) Patterns (meaningless experience; occurs through the senses) ( bits of perception) (related percepts) Sample: part of the population of research interest that is selected for analysis. Population: entire group about which the researcher wants to generalize.
