SOC 1500 Lecture 2: SOC(lecture 2)
5 Oct 2016
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Lecture 2 ways to collect data (gather stats) Get to know why people do not report crime. Depends on people"s interpretations and knowledge of the law (may not realize that. Reply on people"s memories what happened to them was a crime) Limited in their subject matter only ask about specific types of crimes. Types of questions and structure of questions can alter how people respond. Independent & dependent variables (independent variable is the cause, and dependant variable is the affect) Pre-testing and post-testing (have experimental and controlled groups) Disadvantage: happen is labs (artificial setting, so the same results may not happen in the real world), observation can change ones actions (knowing they are being observed: quantitative. Empirical (can be counted, can generate stats (through surveys) Strengths: very useful in describing characteristics in a large population, can use a sample to generalize a large population.
