SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Educated Guess
21 Jan 2018
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The systematic investigation of observable phenomena (behaviour, events) in the world. Armchair anthropologist - the idea that they don"t actually go in the eld, they stay in their of ces, uses logical reasoning. (accurate conclusions should come from experiencing your eld of study in real life to broaden perspective. ) Descriptive studies: when little is known about the phenomena. Seeks to understand if there is a correlation, a connection, between two or more variables. A testable answer to a question an educated guess". Example: i hypothesize that video games lead to violence. Testing a pre-existing theory - we can make sure there"s no faults with the past research, replicate the original theory and see what else we nd. Developing new theory - can also theory build. The con dence we can have in our ndings - that there is a causal relationship between 2 or more variables. No extraneous variables - not expressly included in the study itself.
