SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Simple Random Sample, Dependent And Independent Variables, Participant Observation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Sal Guzzo

Document Summary

Chapter 2 research methods: personal experience, tradition, authority, religion, science. Hypothesis tentative statements of the relationship between two or more concepts or variables. Objective free from distorted subjective (personal or emotional) bias. Descriptive study attempts to describe social reality or provide facts about some group practice, or event. Explanatory study attempts to explain relationships and to provide info on why certain events do or do not occur. Deductive approach research in which the investigator begins with a theory and then collects info and data to test it. Inductive approach research in which the investigator collects info or data (facts or evidence) and then generates theories from the analysis of the data. Research methods specific strategies or techniques for conducting research. Experiment a test conducted under controlled conditions in which an investigator tests a hypothesis by manipulating an independent variable and examining its impact on a dependent variable. Experimental group subjects in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable.