SOSC 3993 Study Guide - Final Guide: Time Series, Frequency Distribution, Statistical Significance
7 Dec 2016
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Sosc 3993 strategies of social science research. Thursday, december 8th, 2016 @ 7:00 pm (room acw-106) Physical trade analysis: studying things that people have left behind. Example looking at empty alcohol bottles and recycling bins. Content analysis/nonreactive research: a technique that is used for gathering and analysing the contents of the text. Uses objective and systematic counting and recording procedures in order to produce quantitative descriptions of the symbolic content in a text. Can be done with any medium/transcribed or visually observed ex. It emphasizes that people being studied are not aware of it because the measures do not intrude. Steps to content analysis: research method should guide the methodology, identify research question, find the population, units of observation sampling design/method. Recording sheet: a page on which a researcher writes down what is coded in content analysis. Content: refers to words, meanings, pictures, symbols, ideas, themes, and any message that can be communicated.
