Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Domain Analysis, Network Theory, Abstract Theory
9 Apr 2013
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Comes in the form of written words, phrases, photos, symbols. More explicit but no approach is widely accepted. Both infer from empirical details of social life. Both anchor statements about the social world. Collect large amounts of data, describe it, document how they got and examined it. Choose from specialized, standardized set of analysis techniques. Doesn"t begin data analysis until they have collected all the data and condensed into numbers. Researchers manipulate numbers that represent empirical facts to test theoretical hypotheses. Assume social life can be represented by numbers. Qualitative explanations are lower-level, less abstract theory - grounded in concrete details. Explanations are rich in detail, sensitive to context. Quantitative conceptualize in process before data collection. Qualitative form new concepts that are grounded in the data. Organize data into categories based on themes, concepts or similar features. Quantitative data is coded after all data has been collected.
