SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gross National Income, Culture Shock, Relativism
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Operationalization in action human development index (hdi: how will you observe and recognize something (gender, class, race) example: human development index, hdi: is an index used to rank countries by level of human development . Operationalized as: life expectancy at birth, as an index of population, health, longevity, education index: mean years of school. How long they go to full school (formal schooling) Can be obtained from all countries they want to compare: standard of living: as measured by gross national income per capita. Science is about making choices that you can sell and justify. Choices about how to measure and observe choices and justify and explain (be explicit/transparent) 55% of canadians think that multiculturalism is good. Could be sampling and research method issues implying that the bad is higher than usual. Location of sampling (rural areas compared to diverse urban areas) Support of multiculturalism is supported by day to day interactions.
