SOC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: American Community Survey, General Social Survey, Fallacy
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Unit of analysis- level of social life on which a research question is focused (could be individuals, groups, towns, nations, organizations, etc. ) Unit of observation- cases about which measures are actually obtained in a sample. A study of the rush practices of southern sororities and fraternities. A study of the association between fitness and self-esteem among high school seniors. Every year approximately 480. 000 americans complete the american community survey. The responses from those surveys are used to complete studies that compare the 50 states to one another on factors like median household income, mean years of education. A study comparing recruitment practices of police departments in the 100 largest u. s. cities gathered data by surveying a random and representative sample of officers from each department. The general social survey, a sample of about 4500 adult americans reported that in 2012 46. 9 percent of u. s. adults though marijuana should be legal.
