Research Methods Midterm

Research methods midterm

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Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills
Individual Problem--->Social Issue
Viewing Any Situation Through the Lens of:
1.Biography
2History
3.Social Context
Theory
Evidence based
empirical
proven explanation of social phenomenon
link to already existing work
Hypothesis
An educated guess based on certain knowledge deduced from research, about a casual relationship between two variables, testable,
Inductive Theory
Observation--->explanation

patterns---->theory
Deductive Theory
Explanation--->observation
theory tested, evidence
Observations
Measurement of relationship between variables
Conceptualization
Define topic and identify concept
Operationalization
HOW WILL THIS GET ACCOMPLISHED?
How variables will be measured
Measurement
Gathering of data
numerical/ nominal (textual) info
Indicator
Shows that something happened
(the occurance/ presence/ absence of a variable)
Dimension
Different levels---->cumulative impact of indicators ex- car insurance is depended by many factors
Unit of analysis
Subject researcher is looking at, source of observations
Correlation
Relation to another previous subject
Attributes
Charecteristic of a variable
Variable
Logical sets of attributes