[SOC 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (52 pages long)

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Empiricism: theory that knowledge comes from experience proof: define the problem, review the relevant literature, scholarly studies and info, refine the problem under study, possible techniques and data, avoid past mistakes, develop hypotheses (working theories, deductive and inductive approaches to research. Independent variable: variable that is hypothesized to cause or influence another (e. g. level of research: dependent variable: a variable whose value depends on that of another, quantitative research, more inductive ii. Shrinking postsecondary and (some) field of study gaps. Integration of women into some male-dominated fields slow related to education attainment. Women tend to occupy lower status positions even within higher status occupations or jobs in the same occupation; wage gap remains) Two dimensions of occupational segregation: professions ( different. Men and women working in different parts of the labour market. Example: women"s underrepresentation in manual occupations and their overrepresentation in non-manual occupations. Executives and professionals mid-level (e. g. , nurses, teachers, librarians)