SOC-S 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces, Test Validity
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Theory: an abstract statement that explains why and how certain things happen or are as they are. Homan"s law of inequality: within any group the emotional attachments among members will be stronger among persons of similar rank than among members of different ranks making appropriate empirical observations or measurements - activities. Research: usually referred to as collecting data (or facts) Goal: to test theories or gain sufficient knowledge. Astronomy was most likely first true science b/c everyone can see stars. Greeks and romans struggled studying social science b/c they couldn"t get proper data about a population as a whole. Beginning of social science in 1776: adam smith"s the wealth of nations. Talked about basic supply and demand ideas that couldn"t be explored earlier without economic data. 1825 the french ministry of justice started collecting statistics about crime in the. General account of the administration of criminal justice in france.
