SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scientific Method, Dependent And Independent Variables, Nomothetic
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Interpretive meaning, construction of meaning/ what did you take away from it? you cant make assumption that everyone took away the same info. Feminist: interrogating categories/ academic, political and social movement. Interrogate catagories of gender. foundation of social science. Purposeful structuring comes from asking theoretically informed question. The social practice of science is influenced by subjectivity. Frequently people separate the worold into facts and values; the real and objective versus the personal and subjective. Values and expectations influence our perceptions of reality, but they do not completely determine what we see. Observer bias: making unconscious mistakes in classifying or selecting observations. Links must be demonstrated by presenting research findings at scientific confrences, ppeer review and ensuring that reacearch results can be replicated. Scheintific community is is organized to promote critical thinking. New ideas are accepted only after they are critically examined. Scientists are trained to minimize the influence of their personal values.
