SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Notes 8 28 17 Word Doc
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Conflict theory: competition for power between two groups. Symbolic interactionism: use of uniforms and language to influence social interactions, reflective glasses, prisoner #"s, batons. Subject bias: prisoners are all white male college students. Ethical study: unethical: caused unanticipated harm to many subjects, study consequently ended early. Research methods/model page 21: select topic, define problem, review literature (previous studies that have addressed your topic, form hypothesis (using your literature, select method (select best method to conduct study. Ex: survey: collect data (make sure you"re measuring what you intended to measure, analyze results (compare to literature, share results (published, sociological conference) Sample size: limited resources requires narrowing down population, large enough for good samples, represent target population, ex: money, time. Ex: assign numbers, auto generate random selections. Good survey questions: respondents can express their opinions, bias questions yield worthless results, avoid assumptions.
