SOC100H1 Lecture 3: SOC100 - Lecture 3 - Methodolical Approaches
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Research methods: methods social scientists use to answer a research question, once a problem is developed, we must figure out what kind of data is needed to answer the question. Standardized : best practises: data from previous researchers that guide how we look at the question, researchers often look at prior literature, related factors, direction of causality etc, we must understand what people already know about the social problem. Interested in looking for means to produce reliability and validity. Ideally, the population and sample are experts in the question at hand. Research process: the research question should dictate the method (either qualitative or quantitative, the researcher has no preconceived idea of the method unless it is based on prior research. Conceptualization: concepts that are abstract, usually not directly observable, requires the process of operationalization, there is usually a working understanding on the concept, ex.
